Toll Free Number 1-833-330-MNCC (6622)
 

Navy Project Office is responsible for ID card benefits and eligibility. This includes the Former Spouse Program and the Incapacitated Dependent Program (INCAP).

For information concerning retired pay under the Former Spouse Protection Act:  https://www.militaryonesource.mil/benefits/uniformed-services-former-spouse-protection-act/

Former Spouse Program

Spousal ID Card: Privileges terminate as of the final date of divorce, regardless of the expiration date on the card. If you still possess an ID card issued before your divorce, it must be turned in. If the Navy Project Office determines you are eligible for ID Card privileges under the Former Spouse Protection Act (Public Law 97-252, amended by Public Law 98-525, Public Law 101-510 and Public Law 104-201), the privileges to which you are entitled will be reinstated. The following documents and information are required to make this determination:

• Sponsor's Name, Social Security Number, Rank/Grade, Branch of Service, Status of Sponsor (Retired/Active/Deceased), Sponsor's Date of Retirement

• Original or state certified copy of Marriage Certificate (all marriage certificates)

• Birth Certificate

• Death Certificate (if applicable)

• Copy of Applicant SSN Card

• Original or state certified copy of Final Divorce Decree (all divorce decrees) signed and dated by a judge

• Notarized statement stating whether you have or have not remarried since your divorce

• Notarized statement whether you have employee sponsored health care insurance

• Statement of Service (DD 214) (if available)

• Applicant's Name, Address, Date of Birth, Phone Numbers (Home and Work)

• Copy of Photo Identification

Former Spouse Eligibility Requirements

(20/20/20)

• Marriage lasted at least 20 years

• Military member had at least 20 years of creditable military service toward retirement

• At least 20 years of this creditable military service was performed during the marriage

The former spouse who meets these requirements is entitled to commissary, theater, exchange, and medical benefits until remarriage. (If covered by an employer-sponsored health care plan, medical benefits cannot be granted. This includes civil service employees who carried their employer-sponsored health care into retirement.)
 
(20/20/15)

• Marriage lasted at least 20 years

• Military member had at least 20 years of creditable service which was performed toward retirement

• At least 15 years of this creditable military service was performed during the marriage

The former spouse who meets these requirements and who is not covered under any employer sponsored health care plan is entitled to medical benefits only (TRICARE).  If the final divorce was granted on or after September 30, 1988, these benefits will extend for a period of one year from date of final divorce.

The information above can be sent via email (askmncc.fct@navy.mil), DoDSafe, or certified mail to:

MNCC - 424
ATTN: Navy Project Office
Bldg. 785 Room 162
5720 Integrity Drive
Millington, TN  38055-3520

Incapacitated Dependent Program (INCAP)

This program allows children over the age of 21 who cannot support themselves to continue receiving military benefits. To qualify, all eligibility requirements must be met.  Authority to request this information is derived from the United States Annotated Code Title 10, Chapter 55.  While disclosure of the information is voluntary, failure to provide the information will result in denial of benefits. The following documents and information are needed to determine eligibility:
 

• A medical/psychiatric evaluation conducted within the last four months by a physician.  The evaluation must include diagnosis, treatment regimen, and prognosis for employability and self-support.  The evaluation must also indicate how the incapacity precludes the person from being self-supporting now and in the future, and provide detailed information on the incapacity.  Generalized statements are not sufficient.

• A summary of the history of the condition including age and date of original diagnosis and treatment received or recommended. The condition must have been present and diagnosed prior to age twenty-one, or age 23 if enrolled as a full-time student. A summary of medical records is preferred, and it must be detailed enough for the reviewers at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery to trace the condition from date of onset to the present. When no records are available, a parent or guardian may prepare a medical history.  A professional in the medical or mental health field must review this history.

• In cases of intellectual disability, types and results of any IQ tests administered.  These must include detailed test results and an evaluation by the examiner.  If the child has been in special education, the psychological evaluations in the school records’ are the best source of information.

• A report of any vocational or rehabilitative training received or recommended.  If the individual is employed, a history of employment and a statement of earnings are required.

• In cases where the dependent was married and subsequently divorced, the marriage certificate and divorce decree must also be presented.
• Secondary Dependency Application-DD Form 137. This form can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Directives/forms/dd0001_0499/DD137/

The information above can be sent via email (askmncc.fct@navy.mil), DoDSafe, or certified mail to:

MNCC - 424
ATTN: Navy Project Office
Bldg. 785 Room 162
5720 Integrity Drive
Millington, TN  38055-3520
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Incapacitated Dependent Program (INCAP) Eligibility Requirements

• The child is incapable of self-support because of a physical or mental incapacity that existed before the child's 21st birthday or the child is incapable of self-support because of a physical or mental incapacity that occurred between the ages of 21 and 23 while the child was enrolled as a full-time student and the verification occurred after 23 October 1992.
• The military sponsor must currently provide over 50% of the claimed child’s financial support, or was providing over 50% of the claimed child’s financial support at the time of his/her death.
• The dependent child must be unmarried. If married and divorced a copy of the marriage certificate and final divorce decree must accompany the application.
• The dependent child must be incapable of self-support due to a qualifying condition. The presence of a disability alone does not automatically qualify the child as incapacitated. All medical documentation submitted with the INCAP application is reviewed by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) to assess the extent of the incapacitation and to assist in determining eligibility.
• The incapacitating condition must be continuous.
• If the condition improves or stabilizes so that the dependent is capable of self-support, he/she becomes ineligible for benefits.

Additional Secondary Dependent Categories

Parents/Parents-in-Law, Stepparents, Parents-by-Adoption, and Wards
Determinations are made by Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS).
https://www.dfas.mil/MilitaryMembers/SecondaryDependency/SDC/
Applications are accepted online and by mail:
Online: AskDFAS Secondary Dependency Claims website. 
Mail:     DFAS-Cleveland
            ATTN: Dependency Claims
            1240 East 9th Street
            Cleveland, OH 44199

Dependents for Dependents of Deceased Military Sponsors

The spouse of a deceased military member (widow) retains all benefits that were in force effect upon at the time of the military member’s death. These benefits remain as long as the spouse does not remarry. If the widow should remarry, they lose all benefits upon the date of marriage. If the subsequent marriage ends in divorce or death of the new spouse, the widow may apply for reinstatement of benefits under the sponsorship of the deceased military member. Medical benefits are never reinstated. The widow may reapply for Exchange, Commissary and Morale, Welfare and Recreation benefits.
Children of a deceased military member retain the same benefits, that were in effect at the time of the military member’s death. These benefits are good until the dependent reaches the age of 21, or age 23 if enrolled at a university as a full-time student. The student must have a letter from the Register of the university showing the enrollment status and the anticipated date of graduation and have that information entered into Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS).
 

TRICARE Dental Program

Sponsors are encouraged to review their end of the month Leave and Earning Statement to ensure their dental Allotment (AI) correctly reflect the type of dental coverage they require or should have. Sponsors are also encouraged to review all family members' DEERS/RAPIDS information to ensure it reflects current and correct benefits information with regard to eligibility for medical and dental coverage. The family members' medical/dental benefit(s) are based upon their ID Card eligibility and enrollment in DEERS.  

ID Card Office Online

https://idco.dmdc.osd.mil/idco/
 

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