If you are a Uniformed Services Retiree you may request, be provided any type of health care in Military Traetment Facilities (MTF) that is provided active duty members, subject to the availability of space and facilities and the capabilities of the medical and dental staff.
However you may not receive non-emergency care if it interferes with providing care to spouses and children of members who are serving on active duty or who died while serving on such duty or where it would interfere with the performance of the primary mission of the facility. This is in accordance with the MTF priority of care.
Former active duty members of the U.S. Armed Forces, regardless of rank, who are in receipt of retired or retainer pay potentially have dual eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical benefits, as VA beneficiaries and as beneficiaries of the Department of Defense (DoD).
Applicants (including military retirees) who fall into the discretionary eligibility category are eligible for VA medical care as VA beneficiaries only after they agree to pay a co-payment for the medical benefit for which they apply. Should the military retiree not agree to make this co-payment, he or she would not be eligible as a veteran. The retiree may, however, be offered VA medical care as a beneficiary of the DoD and at DoD expense, but only on a space and resource available basis as determined by the facility director.
Note: Beneficiaries of the DoD, with the exception of those in need of emergency medical services, will be required to obtain DoD authorization prior to receiving VA medical care.
