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Benefits written for South Korea are first: U.S. benefits that apply only here, and host-nation provisions that reach U.S. veterans. VA benefits that apply abroad follow.
MiscellaneousSouth Korea · Country
The Korean government's commemorative medal for U.S. veterans who served in the Korean War, or in UN peacekeeping in Korea through 1955. Family may apply for a veteran who has died.
Korean War service or peacekeeping in Korea through 1955. Service from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, or in UN peacekeeping operations in Korea until the end of 1955.
Death & Survivor BenefitsSouth Korea · Country
A Korean War veteran may choose burial at the UN Memorial Cemetery in Busan, and a spouse may be buried with them. Applications go through the veteran's own embassy in Seoul.
Korean War veterans and their spouses. The Commission for the cemetery has made veterans of the Korean War eligible, and the spouse of a veteran interred there may be interred with them.
MiscellaneousSouth Korea · Country
A military retiree living in or visiting Korea may shop at U.S. installations only if drawing full retired pay and benefits, or rated 100% disabled. Family members may shop only with the sponsor.
Full retired pay, or rated 100% disabled. The Korea rule requires a retiree to be receiving full retirement pay and benefits, or to be 100% disabled.
MiscellaneousSouth Korea · Country
Under the 1976 U.S.-Korea tax treaty, Korea may not tax U.S. Social Security paid to a resident, and may not tax a U.S. citizen's military retired pay unless the retiree is a Korean citizen or holds Korean immigrant status.
No rating requirement. The treaty turns on the kind of payment and on citizenship and immigration status, not on any disability percentage.
MiscellaneousSouth Korea · Country
The Korean government's six-day return trip for veterans who served in Korea and their families. A Korean War veteran's business-class ticket is paid, a later veteran's economy ticket, and a five-star hotel during the program.
Served in Korea with UN forces, the Armistice Commission or USFK. Korean War service from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, or later service in Korea with the UN forces, the UN Command Military Armistice Commission or U.S. Forces Korea. Family members may go in the veteran's place.
Education & EmploymentSouth Korea · Country
A full-tuition degree scholarship at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, with housing and a small monthly allowance, for a direct descendant of a UN Korean War veteran. At most one American is chosen a year, and at most two students in all.
Direct descendant of a Korean War veteran. The applicant must be a direct descendant of a UN Korean War veteran, and the applicant and both parents must be non-Korean citizens.
Health careFederal
VA payment for treatment of a service-connected disability, and some associated conditions, while the veteran is outside the United States.
Service-connected condition. VA pays for a disability it has decided is service-connected, including a 0% rating, and for some associated conditions. There is no single combined-rating floor beyond that.