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.
Learner's definition of ETHNIC. 1. : of or relating to races or large groups of people who have the same customs, religion, origin, etc. The U.S. has a wide variety of ethnic groups made up of immigrants or their descendants. ethnic Germans/Chinese [=people whose culture or background is German/Chinese] ethnic violence/fighting [=violence/fighting between different ethnic groups] ethnic minorities [=people who belong to an ethnic group that is a relatively small part of a population]