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How to update your VA health benefits information

Find out how to update your personal, financial, insurance, or military service history information after you’re enrolled in VA health care. 

How do I update my information?

What information can I update with the Health Benefits Update Form?

You can use the Health Benefits Update Form (VA Form 10-10EZR) to review and update your household financial information.

You can update this type of information:

  • Your marital status
  • Dependent information
  • Income information for you, your spouse (if you’re married), and any dependents you may have
  • Deductible expenses for you or your spouse (expenses that you can subtract from your income)

You can also update this information:

  • Your personal information. This includes your phone number, email address, and mailing address.
  • Insurance information for all health insurance companies that cover you. This includes coverage that you get through a spouse or significant other. This also includes Medicare, private insurance, or insurance from your employer.
  • Military service history information. This includes details about exposure to any toxins or other hazards.

Note: You can update your military service history information if any of your details changed since you enrolled in VA health care. And you can also answer more questions about your military service history that will help us determine if you may have had exposure to any toxins or other hazards.

Can I use this form to find out if my health benefits will change?

Yes. You can update your household financial information and we’ll determine if you’ll need to pay a copay for non-service-connected care or prescription medicines. We’ll also determine if you’re eligible for travel pay reimbursement. 

You can also answer more questions about your military service history.  

This will help us determine if you may have had exposure to any toxins or other hazards in either of these ways: 

  • While deployed to certain areas linked to exposures like Agent Orange, burn pits, radiation, or contaminated water
  • By working with chemicals, pesticides, lead, asbestos, certain paints, nuclear weapons, X-rays, or other toxins during training or active duty service

And we’ll determine if we’ll place you in a higher priority group. This may affect how much (if anything) you’ll have to pay toward the cost of your care.

Learn more about priority groups

Can I use this form to apply for VA health care?

No. You can use this form to update your information only after you’re enrolled in VA health care.

Find out how to apply for VA health care

Why does this form ask about my other insurance?

We ask for this information because we have to bill your private health insurance provider for any care, supplies, or medicine we provide to treat your non-service-connected conditions (illnesses or injuries that aren’t related to your military service).

We don’t bill Medicare or Medicaid, but we may bill Medicare supplemental health insurance for covered services.

If you have other health insurance coverage, it doesn’t affect the VA health care benefits you can get. And telling us about your other insurance may help to offset your costs.

Learn more about VA health care and other insurance

What if I need help updating my information?

You can work with an enrollment specialist to get help updating your health benefits information. Call our Health Eligibility Center at 877-222-8387 and select 1 (TTY: 711). We’re available Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET.