---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 63.3"
title: "38"
number: "63.3"
heading: "Eligible veterans."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/63.3"
---

# §63.3. Eligible veterans.

- (a) **Eligibility.** In order to serve as the basis for a per diem payment through the HCHV program, a veteran served by the non-VA community-based provider must be:
  - (1) Enrolled in the VA health care system, or eligible for VA health care under 38 CFR [17.36](/cfr/38/17.36.md) or [17.37](/cfr/38/17.37.md); and
  - (2) **Homeless.**
- (b) **Priority veterans.** In allocating HCHV program resources, VA will give priority to veterans, in the following order, who:
  - (1) Are new to the VA health care system as a result of VA outreach efforts, and to those referred to VA by community agencies that primarily serve the homeless population, such as shelters, homeless day centers, and soup kitchens.
  - (2) **Have service-connected disabilities.**
  - (3) **All other veterans.**
- (c) VA will refer a veteran to a non-VA community-based provider after VA determines the veteran's eligibility and priority.

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 52578, Aug. 23, 2011, as amended at 80 FR 24821, May 1, 2015]

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, 2031, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 52578, Aug. 23, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[76 FR 52578, Aug. 23, 2011, as amended at 80 FR 24821, May 1, 2015]