Health care enrollment for Veterans who deployed to combat zones

  • Health care enrollment for Veterans who deployed to combat zones
    Health care enrollment for Veterans who deployed to combat zones

    WASHINGTON

    Until 11:59 p.m. local time Sept. 30, 2023, Veterans who deployed to a combat zone, never enrolled in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care, and left active duty between Sept. 11, 2001 and Oct.

    1, 2013 are eligible to enroll directly in VA health care. This special enrollment period gives Veterans who served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other combat zones an oppor…