VET LIFE 360 INDEPENDENT VETERAN RESOURCE

FMP Overseas Care Checklist

For veterans living or traveling outside the United States.

Before your visit

• ☐ Confirm the medical condition may qualify for FMP service-connected coverage.
• ☐ Download your FMP benefits letter from VA.gov > My VA > Letters.
• ☐ If requested by the clinic, obtain your VA Rating Code Sheet (not universally required).
• ☐ Bring relevant medical history, medications and allergies; protect private information.
• ☐ Ask whether your provider bills FMP directly.

At the clinic

• ☐ Obtain itemized invoice: each service, date, charge, diagnosis and provider name/title/address/phone.
• ☐ Request clinically accurate notes on medical necessity and relationship to a service-connected disability, when supported.
• ☐ Keep proof of payment if you paid.
• ☐ For hospitalization: discharge summary, and operative report if applicable.
• ☐ For equipment: prescription, description, condition and duration of use.
• ☐ For medications: prescription and detailed pharmacy receipt matching VA requirements.

After treatment

• ☐ File through the VA FMP online claim process, or by approved method using VA Form 10-7959f-2.
• ☐ Attach itemized provider statements, payment proof if paid, and other documentation for applicable care types.
• ☐ VA translates non-English claims; an English copy may speed processing.
• ☐ File within two years of the service date or hospital discharge.
• ☐ Keep your submission confirmation and copies of everything.

Official VA instructions

VA FMP claim requirements · VA Form 10-7959f-2 · FMP coverage