VET-HOME: Free Environmental Health Evaluations via Telehealth for Enrolled Veterans
Information sourced from The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Veterans Exposure Team – Health Outcomes Military Exposures (VET-HOME) – Public Health
“The Veterans Exposure Team – Health Outcomes Military Exposures (VET-HOME) program provides military environmental exposure assessments and environmental health registry evaluations for Veterans via telehealth. Any Veteran enrolled in VA health care can contact VET-HOME to schedule a free evaluation with a clinician specially trained in military environmental exposures clinician who will:
- Document your exposure history
- Address your exposure-related questions or concerns
- Provide general exposure-related guidance and recommendations about your health
Please note that VET-HOME clinicians do not prescribe medication or complete disability claims.”
“About VA’s Environmental Health Registry Programs
VA’s environmental health registries offer free, voluntary medical evaluations for eligible Veterans. These evaluations are:
- Available regardless of your enrollment in VA’s health care system.
- A one-time clinical assessment of symptoms or concerns potentially related to military environmental exposures. Veterans needing prescriptions or treatment should follow up with their primary care provider for care.
- These registries and evaluations do not impact the individual health care or benefits of Veterans who participate in the program but instead help VA surveillance the affected Veteran and service member population as a whole – and then improve nationwide health care and benefits options as a result of that surveillance. Health data is used anonymously for VA researchers to improve exposure-informed care for Veterans throughout the nation.
- Toxic exposure screening is a screen, not an evaluation. I also think it probably deserves its own section instead of being lumped under registry programs.
VA’s environmental health registry programs:
- Agent Orange Registry
- Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry
- Gulf War Registry
- Ionizing Radiation Registry
- Depleted Uranium Follow-Up Program
- Toxic Embedded Fragment Surveillance Center “
