VA's Foreign Medical Program (FMP)

If you are a veteran who resides overseas (or are traveling overseas) and have been separated under conditions other than dishonorable and have a disability, or disabilities, already deemed "service-connected" by VA through an actual rating decision, then VA will cover the costs of any needed treatment (this includes prescribed medication, hospitalization and any surgeries, and physical therapy) of only your service-connected disability while you're residing or traveling abroad (see 38 C.F.R §17.35).

Registration into VA's Foreign Medical Program is now automatic. To retrieve your "Benefits Authorization" letter, you'll need to login into your va.gov account. Then under "Letters" and then under "Benefits letters and documents" you can download or print the FMP benefits letter. 

Filing a claim with FMP can now be done online here; https://www.va.gov/health-care/file-foreign-medical-program-claim/file-claim-form-10-7959f-2/introduction

The required documents generally needed by FMP to reimburse the costs of any treatment you incurred are the following;

• Itemized bill/invoice from the medical provider
• a copy of the treatment record for each day being billed on the invoice with a diagnosis
• proof of payment if you have already paid the bill/invoice (Cerdit card statement or bank statement)
• a copy of the presciption (for reimbursement of medication costs); please note the medication must be USDA approved
• copy of the referral for physical therapy (for reimbursement of physical therapy costs)
• copy of a "physical therapy report" (for reimbursement of physical therapy costs)
• copy of the surgery report and/or inpatient records (for reimburement of a hospital stay and/or surgery); a copy of the discharge summary report may also be sufficient

The above treatment record(s) for each day being billed do not have to be in English. If they are in a foreign language, they will be translated by the FMP at no cost to the claimant. However, if the treatment record(s) are not in English, it may take a few weeks longer for the FMP to process the claim.  The below VHA 10-7959f-2 can also still be used to file a claim for reimburment as well by sending it to the following address along with the above-mentioned documents;

Department of Veterans Affairs

Foreign Medical Program

P.O. Box 200

Spring City, PA 19475

 USA

Tel: (833) 930-0816
Fax: (303) 331-7803

...or you can email the documents to; hac.fmp@va.gov

Toll free number services from outside the U.S.:

USA/Canada: 877-345-8179
Australia: 1-800-354 965
Costa Rica: 0800-013-0759
Germany: 0800-1800011
Italy: 800-782655
Japan: 00531-13-0871
Mexico: (001) 877-345-8179 
Spain: 900-981-776
UK: 0800-032-7425

You can also have your medical provider bill the VA's FMP directly for any treatment needed of your service-connected disability if they are willing to do so. Below are "fact sheets" written in different languages to print out and take to your medical provider (or email them). These fact sheets explain in the different languages what is needed by the VA's FMP from the provider in order to pay for any needed treatment of any service-connected disability. Generally, the same documents that are listed above (except for "proof of payment" by the veteran) are required by the medical provider as well when submitting their invoices for payment.

All claims for payment/reimbursements of any needed medical treatment for a service-connected disability while residing or traveling overseas should be sent to the FMP's email, fax, or mailing address noted at the top of this page.