The Department of Veterans’ Affairs

The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) is an Australian Government agency which provides support and information for veterans and their dependants including eye and health care.

DVA Provider Enquiries telephone: 1800 550 457

Health care provider information

Eye care provider information

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Update 2 November, 2023

The Department of Veterans Affairs has advised their system updates are now complete and that any claims made from 1 November 2023 onwards will reflect the new fees (which in line with Medicare have been indexed at 0.5% from the 1 July 2023 rates). 

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