Eligibility: To be eligible for CHAMPVA, an individual cannot be eligible for TRICARE (the medical program for civilian dependents provided by DoD) and must be one of the following: 1  The spouse or child of a Veteran whom VA has rated permanently and totally disabled due to a service-connected disability. The surviving spouse or child of a Veteran who died from a VA- rated service-connected disability, or who, at the time of death, was rated permanently and totally disabled. The surviving spouse or child of a Veteran who died on active duty service and in the line of duty, not due to misconduct.
Ethnic Validity: Definition and Model Ethnic vah'dity is the degree to which problem identification and problem solving are acceptable to the client in respect to the client's belief and value systems, as these are associated with the client's ethnic~cultural group.1985) and Tyler, Brome, and Williams (1991). While both of these models are instructive and have similarities to the model of ethnic validity proposed earlier, there are important differences in these models and the problem-solving framework of school psychology practice. Savage and Adair.
Members of an ethnic group generally claim a strong cultural continuity over time, although some historians and anthropologists have documented that many of the cultural practices on which various ethnic groups are based are of recent invention (Friedlander 1975, Hobsbawm and Ranger 1983, Sider 1993).ategories and data on Ancestry in the US are compiled on the following criteria from the Census Bureau: Ancestry refers to a personâs ethnic origin or descent, 'roots', or heritage, or the place of birth of the person or the personâs parents or ancestors before their arrival in the United States..