---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 225.4"
title: "32"
number: "225.4"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/225.4"
---

# §225.4. Policy.


In accordance with [10 U.S.C. 1065](/usc/10/1065.md), the following new patron groups are authorized access to DoD commissary, exchange, and morale, welfare, and recreation (MWR) revenue generating activities on the same basis as a member of the Military Services entitled to retired or retainer pay, effective January 1, 2020:

- (a) **Veterans who were awarded the Purple Heart.**
- (b) **Veterans who are former prisoners of war (POWs).**
- (c) Veterans classified by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as having a service-connected disability rating below 100 percent.
- (d) **Caregivers or family caregivers for veterans under the VA caregiver program.** These caregivers are only eligible for these privileges during their period of active enrollment as the caregiver or family caregiver for a veteran.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 1065

### Source

Source: 84 FR 71822, Dec. 30, 2019, unless otherwise noted.