Start with the Women Veterans Call Center
Trained staff help with VA health care, benefits and local resources. You can call, or text and chat through VA Women's Health online. It's not a crisis line; for a crisis, call 988 and press 1.
Women Veterans Call Center
Weekdays 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturdays 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Eastern.
Source: VA Women's Health
Women's health care at VA
Every VA medical center has a Women Veteran Program Manager who helps you get care and can be your advocate. VA offers primary care and wellness checks, mammograms, Pap tests, maternity care, birth control and menopause care, and mental health care, including care for military sexual trauma (MST).
MST-related care is free and confidential, no matter how long ago it happened. Ask for the MST Coordinator at your VA.
Sources: VA Women's Health; VA: Center for Women Veterans; VA: Military sexual trauma
Housing, legal help and work
Every program on this site is open to women Veterans. Housing help and free legal aid are often where women Veterans and their children get stuck, so start there if that's you.
Questions to bring to an accredited representative
County Veteran service officers and VSO representatives help at no cost. Accredited attorneys and claims agents may charge fees in the limited situations allowed by law.
- Who is the Women Veteran Program Manager at my VA medical center?
- Can I see a women's health provider for primary care?
- How do I get MST-related care, and does it cost anything?
- Can I file a disability claim for MST-related conditions?
Your next step
Official sources
Reviewed against these sources on October 26, 2026. Rules change. Confirm details with VA or an accredited representative before you act on them.
This guide is general education. It does not decide your eligibility, it is not legal or medical advice, and Helping The Brave is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Enrollment puts you in a priority group, and that group decides what you pay. Many Veterans who assume they do not qualify actually do.