Basic information on how to get your VA vaccine
As the vaccine supply increases, we will work with our service teams to inform you of your options. It is your choice whether you want to get the vaccine or not. Your decision will not affect your VA health care or any of your VA benefits in any way.
Where we will offer vaccines
Our VA health facilities provide COVID-19 vaccines to eligible veterans who currently receive care at the VA. We base eligibility on the VA and CDC risk criteria.
Urgent care locations and retail pharmacies in our community service network also offer COVID-19 vaccines for qualified veterans. These locations follow their local, state or territorial vaccine plans. Eligible veterans do not receive priority over others who seek vaccines in these locations.
If you go to a community service center to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, download our pharmacy information card (PDF). Show the card to the provider before getting the vaccine.
Learn more about obtaining a COVID-19 vaccine from a community provider
Vaccine safety
The US vaccine security system ensures that all vaccines are as safe as possible. Safety is a top priority as federal partners work to make COVID-19 vaccines available.
Before the FDA authorizes the use of a vaccine, they carefully review the available safety data and clinical trial results for that vaccine. To learn more about the safety of the 3 authorized COVID-19 vaccines, read the FDA fact sheets in English and other languages.
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine datasheets:
Datasheets of the vaccine Moderna COVID-19:
Janssen COVID-19 vaccine technical sheet:
We will closely monitor everyone who receives a COVID-19 vaccine for reactions, side effects or adverse events. An adverse event is an injury or damage that happens to someone after receiving the vaccine, which may or may not have been caused by the vaccine.
We will report this information in our vaccine tracking and tracking system. This is the same system we use to monitor reactions to all vaccines, including flu and herpes zoster.
For more information on the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine in different languages, visit the CDC website:
Privacy
We will share with the CDC the same information we share for other vaccines. This includes the following information:
- Demographic information (such as age, sex, race and ethnicity) that helps CDC understand which groups of people are receiving the vaccine
- Adverse reactions to the vaccine
We will not share names or addresses.