Foreign Medical Program for Veterans on the go

If you're a Veteran visiting other countries on vacation or living abroad and have a service-connected condition that requires health care services, your service-connected care may be covered by VA through the Foreign Medical Program.

The host of the SITREP podcast recently sat down with Leticia Diaz, Integrated Veteran Care supervisory program analyst, to break it down for you.

VA's Foreign Medical Program reimburses you or the provider abroad for treating your service-connected condition and conditions associated with and held to be aggravating (or worsening) the service-connected condition. From doctor's visits to prescription medications and medical devices, VA covers that care.

Benefits of the Foreign Medical Program

• No need to get authorization before getting care.
• See any provider of your choosing while abroad.
• Get reimbursed for your care while traveling or living abroad.
• Get reimbursed for prescription medications (must be U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved).
• Register and file a claim at the same time.
• VA will translate documents for you after you submit a claim.

Eligibility requirements

• You must have a VA-rated service-connected disability or a condition associated with a service-connected disability that VA determines makes the disability worse (or "aggravates" it).
• You are a Veteran participating in a rehabilitation program.

Register for FMP

Fill out an FMP Registration Form (VA Form 10-7959f-1). After you submit your form, you will receive a benefits authorization letter with the service-connected condition you are covered for or the rehabilitation status for authorized treatment. You can submit the form by email, by faxing it to 303-331-7803 or by mailing it to:

VHA Office of Integrated Veteran Care
Foreign Medical Program
PO Box 469061
Denver, CO 80246-9061

Still have questions?

You can now reach us on Ask VA for questions related to the Foreign Medical Program including care and services that you have questions about in a foreign country.

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