Veteran Verification

POST

/Medicare/veteranverification/v1

Verify a patient’s DVA veteran status in real time. One patient per request.

Two verification types are supported:

PVP — submit personal details only (name, DOB, sex). DVA returns the veteran’s file number and card type.
PVV — include veteranMembership.veteranNumber to verify against a known DVA file number.

For card types, entitlement codes, the DVA File Number format, and the numeric status codes, see DVA Integration.

Verify a patient's DVA veteran status in real time. One patient per request. Two verification types are supported: - **PVP** — submit personal details only (name, DOB, sex). DVA returns the veteran's file number and card type. - **PVV** — include `veteranMembership.veteranNumber` to verify against a known DVA file number. For card types, entitlement codes, the DVA File Number format, and the numeric status codes, see [DVA Integration](/dva).

Authentication

x-api-keystring

API Key authentication via header

x-minor-idstring

API Key authentication via header

Request

This endpoint expects an object.

patientobjectRequired

Response

correlationIdstring

veteranStatusobject

highestSeveritystring

Present on validation errors.

serviceMessagelist of objects

Present on validation errors.

Errors

400

Bad Request Error

$	curl -X POST https://api.rebateright.com.au/Medicare/veteranverification/v1 \
>	-H "x-api-key: <apiKey>" \
>	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>	-d '{
>	"patient": {
>	"identity": {
>	"dateOfBirth": "1958-09-27",
>	"familyName": "IAN",
>	"givenName": "JANET",
>	"sex": "2"
>	},
>	"residentialAddress": {
>	"locality": "YARRALUMLA",
>	"postcode": "2600"
>	}
>	}
>	}'

1	{
2	"correlationId": "urn:uuid:MDE00000ee37bf1133324182",
3	"veteranStatus": {
4	"currentMembership": {
5	"veteranNumber": "NX901667",
6	"entitlementCode": "PTEC"
7	},
8	"status": {
9	"code": 0,
10	"text": "Patient is known to DVA with details provided."
11	}
12	}
13	}