A White Card is issued to Australian veterans or mariners under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (VEA) with an accepted war or service-caused injury or disease.
You may be eligible for non-liability health care treatment, whether war caused or not, for the following conditions;
Please see Factsheet HSV109 Non-Liability Health Care for more information concerning non-liability health care treatment.
A White Card is issued to former members of the Australian Defence Force who have accepted conditions under the Safety, Rehabilitations and Compensation Act 1988 (SRCA) and ongoing treatment needs.
A White Card is also issued to ex-service personnel who are eligible for treatment under agreements between the Australian Government and New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom for disabilities accepted as war-caused by their country of enlistment.
A White Card may be issued to former members of the Australian Defence Force, current part-time Reservists, cadets and, in limited circumstances, to full-time members under the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (MRCA) who have a medical condition accepted as service related under the MRCA.