Thanks for the clarification. As you see, I referred to that notice (2015-87) and Answer (#20) in my response, but I have to admit that it doesn't seem to me that the original IRS answer contained the explicit reference to the administrative burden causing the IRS to treat any treatment for such a vet to be assumed to be related to the disability; otherwise, I believe that I would have referred to it. I am not saying that the IRS changed the answer...but I have my suspicions...🙂
In any case, this is a good point - the vet with a service-related disability does not have to prove that the VA care was related to his/her disability - a considerable simplification - in order to claim no disallowed coverage for the HSA/HDHP.
