Information about DVA treatment cards
Changes to DVA cards - March 2010
All Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) Repatriation Health Cards (DVA Cards) are due to expire during 2010. Commencing March 2010 DVA will begin reissuing all DVA cards. As part of this reissue there will be some improvements made to DVA cards.
Read more about these changes here.
DVA issues treatment cards to veterans, their war widows and widowers and dependants, to ensure that they have access to health and other care services that promote and maintain self-sufficiency, well-being and quality of life.
These pages give a quick reference for Local Medical Officers (LMOs) GPs and other health providers, to answer common questions when a patient presents with a DVA treatment card.
Gold card for all conditions:
White card for specific conditions: 
Orange card for pharmaceuticals only: 
Summary
See: Summary of treatment entitlements for each card (PDF 124 kB) September 2009
More information
See: DVA Fact Sheet system for information about all DVA programs and services
Contact: see DVA contacts page for more information.