The new regulations (defined in Public Law 110-329) provide VA additional funding to allow expanded enrollment opportunity for certain Priority 8 veterans who may have been previously denied enrollment in VA’s health care system because their income exceeded VA’s means tests thresholds.                                                       Effective June 15, 2009, a veteran who applies for enrollment, who does not qualify for a higher Priority Group and whose income exceeds VA’s means test thresholds by 10% or less will be placed in a Priority Group that allows the veteran to be enrollment in VA’s health care system.                                                 Priority Group 1: Veterans with service-connected disabilities rated 50% or more disabling Veterans determined by VA to be unemployable due to service-connected conditions  Priority Group 2: Veterans with service-connected disabilities rated 30% or 40% disabling Priority Group 3: Veterans who are former POWs Veterans awarded a Purple Heart medal Veterans whose discharge was for a disability that was incurred or aggravated in the line of duty Veterans with service-connected disabilities rated 10% or 20% disabling Veterans awarded special eligibility classification under Title 38, U.S.C., Section 1151, “benefits for individuals disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation”  Priority Group 4: Veterans who are receiving aid and attendance or housebound benefits Veterans who have been determined by VA to be catastrophically disabled  Priority Group 5: Service-connected Veterans and noncompensable service-connected Veterans rated 0% disabled whose annual income and net worth are below the established VA Means Test thresholds Veterans receiving VA pension benefits Veterans eligible for Medicaid benefits

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