VEA CLIENTS
VEA RATES** (PER FN)
VEA PENSIONERS*
170,777
DISABILITY COMPENSATION PAYMENT
Special Rate
$1,518.80
DISABILITY COMPENSATION 
Intermediate Rate
$1,031.40
PAYMENT RECIPIENTS
78,353
EDA
$839.50
Special Rate
26,921
General Rate (100%)
$540.10
 STATS AT A GLANCE
Intermediate Rate
696
EDA Rate
3,519
WAR WIDOW PENSION
$1,004.70
  March 2022
General Rate
47,217
WAR WIDOW/ERS
41,113
SERVICE PENSION
Receiving ISS
28,475
Partnered (each)
$744.40
DVA CLIENTS
Not receiving ISS
12,638
Single
$987.60
TOTAL DVA CLIENTS
338,004
SERVICE PENSIONERS
80,415
INCOME SUPPORT SUPPLEMENT
DVA CLIENT AGE PROFILES
Veterans
42,067
Ceiling rate
$297.60
MRCA
DRCA
VEA
Partners/Widows
38,348
Under 30
20.4%
0.0%
9.7%
30 - 34
19.5%
0.1%
4.6%
DVA HEALTH CARDS
236,867
VEA EXPENDITURE (2020-21)
35 - 39
17.3%
3.2%
4.2%
Gold Cards
100,074
Compensation and Support
$5.05bn
40 - 44
12.2%
8.8%
3.6%
White Cards
136,793
Health
$3.73bn
45 - 49
9.2%
13.3%
3.9%
50 - 54
8.6%
17.3%
5.6%
*includes age pensioners administered by DVA
** includes energy supplement
55 - 59
5.9%
14.7%
5.7%
60 - 64
4.2%
13.1%
6.3%
MRCA CLIENTS
DRCA CLIENTS
65 - 69
2.0%
10.0%
7.9%
70 - 74
0.7%
9.6%
15.2%
VETERANS
52,244
VETERANS
58,823
75 - 79
0.1%
5.4%
11.5%
Permanent Impairment Payees*
30,971
Permanent Impairment Payees*
18,871
80 - 84
0.0%
2.6%
5.6%
Incapacity Payees
7,529
Incapacity Payees
2,640
85 or over
0.0%
2.0%
16.1%
Open Rehabilitation Cases
4,400
Open Rehabilitation Cases
940
DVA HEALTH CARDS
272,959
Gold Cards issued
108,719
DEPENDANTS
408
White Cards issued
164,240
Widow/ers
211
Children
197
TREATMENT CARD COST (2020-21)*
Gold
White
DVA HEALTH CARDS
31,763
DVA HEALTH CARDS
3,767
Active Users
113,708
71,161
Gold Cards
8,083
Cost per Active User
$24,350
$3,680
White Cards
23,680
White Cards
3,767
*In 2021, DVA adopted a new model for estimating average 
MRCA EXPENDITURE (2020-21)
DRCA EXPENDITURE (2020-21)
treatment card cost. Rather than all cards issued, this model 
Compensation and Support
$1.28bn
Compensation and Support
$385.8m
uses Active Users, a measure of the quarterly exposure of 
Health
$232.1m
Health
$41.2m
card holders that have ever had health expenditure covered 
to date. Care should be taken when comparing these figures 
* receiving either a commuted or perodic (MRCA only) permanent impairment payment
with previous years.

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