Question:

I applied to the va for health benefits Vietnam era was stationed in Germany. I was told i make to much money not entitled to benefits manly health. I figured a vet was a vet.

Jim's Reply:

I served honorably much as you...in Germany during the Vietnam era at 98th General Hospital 1968-1970. And I've learned that a vet is not a vet. Grandpa was Army Expeditionary Forces to France in WWI. My dad was a WWII and Korea Marine. I was a Vietnam era Army medic. My stepson rode a Stryker in a desert. We're so different from one period of service to the next we're hardly recognizable to each other.
 

The VA dispenses many benefits that are dependent upon the era we served. The WWI veteran received a different array of benefits than did the WWII veteran and so on. The education benefit has changed so much in the last 30 years it's nothing at all like what you and I were offered back in the day.
 

Health care has been an inconsistent benefit that has been offered in a lot of different packages. Generally speaking one must register for VA health care soon after exiting active duty and maintain a constant and ongoing relationship with VHA by visiting your VA provider at least once each year.
 

The Vietnam era veteran who registered for health care prior to 2006 - 2007 and kept the relationship with the VHA active is good to go.
 

The Vietnam era veteran who did not register for VA health care prior to the 2006 - 2007 period will now have to either be receiving a VA pension or have a service connected disability rating of at least 0%. There are other categories like Purple Heart and MOH but I'll assume you didn't have any qualifying conditions since you were denied.
 

That you make too much money now is an indication that you aren't eligible for the pension benefit, a means tested benefit for older veterans.
 

To receive VHA health care today you may want to apply for and to be awarded any disability benefit. That will open the door to low cost health care. Good luck.