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VA Income Verification Program

The VA's formal Income Verification program to confirm eligibility for VA health care and related copayment status by electronically matching veterans' self-reported gross household income against Federal Tax Information from the IRS and benefit records from the SSA.

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How does the VA’s income verification matching process with IRS/SSA work and how can veterans appeal a mismatch?

The VA runs a formal Income Verification (IV) program that electronically matches veterans’ self-reported gross household income against Federal Tax Information (FTI) from the IRS and benefit records ...