This section describes the benefits for DAVs rated as 100 percent disabled or incapable of pursuing substantially gainful employment by the VA and their eligible dependents. Neither DAVs nor their eligible dependents receive CHC or DC benefits from the DoD based on their affiliation. Honorably discharged veterans rated by the VA as 100 percent disabled or incapable of pursuing substantially gainful employment from a service-connected injury or disease, and their dependents, are eligible for benefits as shown in Table 14 to this subpart.
Table 14 to Subpart C of Part 161—Benefits for 100 Percent DAVs and Dependents
| CHC
| DC
| C
| MWR
| E
|
---|
Self | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes.
|
Spouse | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes.
|
Children, Unmarried, Under 21 Years:
| | | | | |
Legitimate, adopted, stepchild, illegitimate child of record of female member, or illegitimate child of male member whose paternity has been judicially determined or voluntarily acknowledged | No | No | 1 | 1 | 1.
|
Ward | No | No | 3 | 3 | 3.
|
Pre-adoptive Child | No | No | 1, 4 | 1, 4 | 1, 4.
|
Foster Child | No | No | 1 | 1 | 1.
|
Children, Unmarried, 21 Years and Over | No | No | 5 | 5 | 5.
|
Parent, Parent-in-Law, Stepparent, or Parent-by-Adoption | No | No | 2 | 2 | 2.
|
[81 FR 74879, Oct. 27, 2016, as amended at 89 FR 11183, Feb. 14, 2024]
authority: 5 U.S.C. 5703,
10.S.C. 1061-1064, 1072-1074, 1074a-1074c, 1076, 1076a, 1077, and 1095(k)(2), and
18 U.S.C. 499,
506,
509,
701,
and;
10 U.S.C. 1408(h),
10 U.S.C. 1044a,
10.S.C. chapter 1223
source: 79 FR 709, Jan. 6, 2014, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 32 CFR 161.15