Virginia Veterans Care Centers

The Department of Veterans Services runs veterans care centers. They are state facilities, licensed as nursing homes, and they are not VA medical centers. Published admission rules are an honorable discharge, Virginia residency at admission or entry into the armed forces from Virginia, and a medical need for the level of care the center provides. The center also has to be able to provide that care, and there has to be a way to pay. Spouses are not admitted on the veteran's eligibility alone. Centers named by DVS are Sitter and Barfoot in Richmond, Davis and McDaniel in Roanoke, Jones and Cabacoy in Virginia Beach, and the Puller Veterans Care Center in Warrenton. Puller is the Northern Virginia center. It is in Fauquier County, not in Fairfax. Fairfax families use it as a state resource. The centers accept Medicare, Medicaid, private pay, and private insurance. DVS says most veterans also qualify for a VA per-diem payment that reduces the daily rate. Puller's fact sheet says some veterans may qualify for a VA special rate when rated 70% to 100%. That rate is a payment rule, not an admission rule. A veteran under 70% is not barred by the admission criteria above. Service after the statutory active-duty dates can add a length-of-service test. The Richmond center's page points at the VA health-care service rules for that question. Ask the admissions office before treating a short enlistment as enough.