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Three State Veterans Homes — and Two Ways to Meet the Service Test

Wisconsin runs 24-hour skilled nursing at veterans homes in CHIPPEWA FALLS, KING AND UNION GROVE. The service test has two alternative routes and the second is the one people miss: 90 OR MORE DAYS OF ACTIVE DUTY WITH AT LEAST ONE DAY DURING A WARTIME PERIOD, OR TWO OR MORE YEARS OF PEACETIME ACTIVE DUTY — or completion of the full initial obligation. A peacetime veteran with two years in is inside this. Discharge must be under honorable conditions.

Verified August 27, 2026

What this benefit is

Wisconsin runs 24-hour skilled nursing at veterans homes in CHIPPEWA FALLS, KING AND UNION GROVE. The service test has two alternative routes and the second is the one people miss: 90 OR MORE DAYS OF ACTIVE DUTY WITH AT LEAST ONE DAY DURING A WARTIME PERIOD, OR TWO OR MORE YEARS OF PEACETIME ACTIVE DUTY — or completion of the full initial obligation. A peacetime veteran with two years in is inside this. Discharge must be under honorable conditions.

What it's worth: 24-hour skilled nursing at three state facilities

  • Locations: CHIPPEWA FALLS, KING AND UNION GROVE.
  • 24-HOUR SKILLED NURSING CARE.
  • Discharge UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS.
  • SERVICE TEST, TWO ROUTES: 90 OR MORE DAYS of active duty with AT LEAST ONE DAY DURING A WARTIME PERIOD, OR TWO OR MORE YEARS of peacetime active duty, or the FULL INITIAL OBLIGATION.
  • The peacetime route means a veteran with no wartime service at all can qualify.
  • NO DISABILITY REQUIREMENT IS STATED.
  • Charges are not addressed here; ask WDVA what a resident pays and how it interacts with VA per-diem and Medicaid.

Who is entitled to it

  • You are in one of the groups this reaches.
  • The discharge meets the test.
  • Wisconsin Veterans Homes.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

  1. 1Contact WDVA about admission to Chippewa Falls, King or Union Grove.
  2. 2Check the peacetime route if you have no wartime service — two years of active duty qualifies.
  3. 3Ask what a resident actually pays and how VA per-diem and Medicaid interact with it.
  4. 4Ask about waiting times at each of the three homes; they differ.
  5. 5Start the enquiry before care is urgently needed.
Form
Application to the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs
File with
Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs
Documents you will need
dd214
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
Known gapWe have not established what a resident pays. That is the first question a family asks and it is worth putting to WDVA directly rather than assuming either that it is free or that it is not.

Sources

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