Community Health (Ch 22: Veterans'
Health) with verified answers A+ rated
Active duty - correct answer ✔✔full-time personnel
Agent Orange - correct answer ✔✔during the Vietnam war; an herbicide used to kill the
vegetation that provided cover for the enemy; certain cancers and other conditions were
caused by this
Burn pit - correct answer ✔✔open pits where waste was burned during deployment
- toxic smoke can damage the respiratory, GI, reproductive, peripheral nervous, cardiovascular
systems, and skin and eyes
Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veteran Affairs (CHAMPVA) - correct
answer ✔✔a program in which the costs of some health care services for eligible civilian
beneficiaries are covered by the VA.
To be eligible, individuals must be in one of these categories:
- the spouse or child of a veteran who has been rated permanently and totally disable for a
service-connected disability by a VA regional office
- the surviving spouse or child of a veteran who died from a VA-rated service-connected
disability
- the surviving spouse or child of a veteran who was at the time of death rated permanently and
totally disabled from a service-connected disability
- the surviving spouse or child of a military member who died in the line of duty, not due to
misconduct (in most of these cases, these family members are eligible for TRICARE, not
CHAMPVA)
Members who receive TRICARE do not qualify for CHAMPVA
Health) with verified answers A+ rated
Active duty - correct answer ✔✔full-time personnel
Agent Orange - correct answer ✔✔during the Vietnam war; an herbicide used to kill the
vegetation that provided cover for the enemy; certain cancers and other conditions were
caused by this
Burn pit - correct answer ✔✔open pits where waste was burned during deployment
- toxic smoke can damage the respiratory, GI, reproductive, peripheral nervous, cardiovascular
systems, and skin and eyes
Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veteran Affairs (CHAMPVA) - correct
answer ✔✔a program in which the costs of some health care services for eligible civilian
beneficiaries are covered by the VA.
To be eligible, individuals must be in one of these categories:
- the spouse or child of a veteran who has been rated permanently and totally disable for a
service-connected disability by a VA regional office
- the surviving spouse or child of a veteran who died from a VA-rated service-connected
disability
- the surviving spouse or child of a veteran who was at the time of death rated permanently and
totally disabled from a service-connected disability
- the surviving spouse or child of a military member who died in the line of duty, not due to
misconduct (in most of these cases, these family members are eligible for TRICARE, not
CHAMPVA)
Members who receive TRICARE do not qualify for CHAMPVA
