Returning Service Members
The Dayton VA Medical Center is ready to welcome Post 9/11 Veterans and help coordinate your care. The Transition & Care Management Center is your OEF/OIF/OND Post Deployment Clinic and is the preferred entry point for your VA healthcare.
Contact Information
If you have served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation
Enduring Freedom, or Operation New Dawn please contact us in any of the following ways.
Please contact Emily Myers, MSN, RN, Transition & Care Management Program Manager, at (937) 268-6511, ext. 1333, Glenis Sandusky, LISW-S, BCD at (937) 268-6511, ext. 2626. They can be reached during the clinic hours from 8:00AM - 4:00PM.
In Person Visits:
We encourage walk-in visits to the clinic and operate much like an “Orderly Room.” We provide open access to OEF/OIF/OND Veterans for Case Management and discussion of available programs and services. So please come in to establish your healthcare at your convenience. You may visit one of the following locations in the Medical Center.
- "The Transition Care Management Center", 1st floor office Bldg 340, rooms 107 or 112 near Prime Care East.
- The "Maroon Desk", 1st floor Bldg 310, across from the Green Desk.
View a map of our facility to find these locations.
After hours, you may call the Tele-Nurse number at 1-888-838-6446. (4:00 pm - 8:00 am)
Special Eligibility and Coordination of Care for Combat Veterans Serving in Combat Theater After 11/11/1998- Returning Servicemembers (OEF/OIF/OND)
The Post-9/11 Transition and Care Management Program offers transitional assistance, case management and outreach services to all Veterans who have served after September 11, 2001 in their transition to civilian life. For more information about the various programs available for recent returning service members, log on to the Returning Servicemembers web site.
Veterans who served in a theater of combat operations also have special eligibility for VA health care. Under the "Combat Veteran" authority VA provides cost-free health care services and nursing home care for conditions possibly related to military service and enrollment in Priority Group 6 or higher for 5 years from the date of discharge or release from active duty, unless eligible for enrollment in a higher priority group.
Combat Veterans who enroll with VA under this enhanced Combat Veteran authority will continue to be enrolled even after their enhanced eligibility period ends, although they may be shifted to Priority Group 7 or 8, depending on their income level, and required to make applicable copays. Additionally, for care not related to combat service, copays may be required depending on their financial assessment and other special eligibility factors.
NOTE: The 5-year enrollment period applicable to these Veterans begins on the discharge or separation date of the service member from active duty military service, or in the case of multiple call-ups, the most recent discharge date.
