Veterans assigned a total disability rating for compensation based on unemployability.
Veterans with VA Service-connected disabilities rated 50% or more.
Priority Group 2
Veterans with VA Service-connected disabilities rated 30% or 40%
Priority Group 3
Veterans awarded the Medal of Honor.
Veterans awarded the Purple Heart Medal.
Veterans awarded special eligibility classification under Title 38, U.SC., § 1151, “benefits for individuals disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation.”
Veterans who are former POWs.
Veterans whose discharge was for a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty.
Veterans with VA Service-connected disabilities rated 10% or 20%.
Priority Group 4
Veterans determined by VA to be catastrophically disabled.
Veterans receiving increased compensation or pension based on their need for regular Aid and Attendance or by reason of being permanently Housebound.
Priority Group 5
Non-Service-Connected Veterans and non-compensable Service-Connected Veterans rated 0%, whose annual income and/or net worth are not greater than the VA financial thresholds.
Veterans eligible for Medicaid benefits.
Veterans receiving VA Pension benefits.
Priority Group 6
Compensable 0% Service-connected Veterans.
Project 112/SHAD participants.
Veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during atmospheric testing or during the occupation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam between January 9, 1962 and May 7, 1975.
Veterans who served in the Southwest Asia Theater of operations from August 2, 1990, through November 11, 1998.
Veterans who served in a theater of combat operations after November 11, 1998, as follows
Veterans discharged from active duty on or after January 28, 2003, for five years post discharge
Priority Group 7
Veterans with incomes below the geographic means test (GMT) income thresholds and who agree to pay the applicable co-payment.
Priority Group 8
Veterans eligible for enrollment Non-Service-connected and:
Sub priority c Enrolled as January 16, 2003, and who remained enrolled since that date and / or placed in this sub priority due to changed eligibility status
Sub priority d Enrolled on or after June 15, 2009 whose income exceeds the current VA National Income Thresholds or VA National Geographic Income Thresholds by 10% or less
Veterans eligibility for enrollment Non-compensable 0% service-connected and
Sub priority a Enrolled as of January 16, 2003, and who have remained enrolled since that date and / or placed in this sub priority due to changed eligibility status.
Sub priority b Enrolled on or after June 15, 2009 whose income exceeds the current VA National Income Thresholds or VA National Geographic Income Thresholds by 10% or less
Veterans not eligible for enrollment Veterans not meeting the criteria above
Sub priority e Non-compensable 0% service-connected
Sub priority g Non-Service-connected
Veterans with gross household incomes above the VA national income threshold and the geographically-adjusted income threshold for their resident location and who agrees to pay co-pays
