# Other than Honorable (OTH) Mental Health Care Periods

To help address veterans with high risk for suicide, the VA provides two types of eligibility for former service members with Other than Honorable (OTH) discharge types seeking mental health care:

· OTH-90 care type, which provides one or more 90-day episodes of care within a 365-day period for those who have an OTH discharge.

· OTH-EXT care type, which provides care with no time limit for those who have an OTH discharge.

Note: The OTH buttons will display only if patches DG*5.3*952 and DG*5.3*977 are installed and the necessary criteria are met. If the patches are not installed, the OTH button will not display. The OTH-EXT care type will display in the OTH button only if patch DG*5.3*977 is installed.

When the OTH veteran is enrolled, he or she is given a primary eligibility code that enables the veteran to receive care, but this eligibility will be adjudicated by the Veteran’s Benefits Association (VBA). This OTH eligibility provides two types of OTH care: OTH-90 or OTH-EXT. The OTH button displays either “OTH” or “OTH-EXT” values until VBA changes the eligibility code, then it will no longer display.

For patients meeting the criteria, the OTH button displays between the team information button and the Flag button on the strip available from any tab as shown in the screen captures below.

The OTH-90 care type button outlined in red for emphasis.

On the OTH button, the label ‘OTH’ displays, along with how many days remain in the period of care and which period of care the patient is in. So, it will be a number followed by the letter “D” for the number of days and then a “P” followed the number of the current period of care.

The OTH 90 button shown in the example above, shows ‘36D’ meaning 36 days left in the first 90-day period of care (or ‘P1’).

When the user selects the OTH button, a popup window dialog box displays the same information that displays on the button including additional information.

CPRS – Patient Chart – Other Than Honorable Status dialog box

##### To display the OTH popup window dialog box, use these steps:

1. Select the OTH button.

2. After viewing the information, close the dialog by selecting the OK button.

Note: A tooltip (also sometimes called a hover hint) provides detailed information.

· If the user hovers the cursor over the ‘OTH’ label on the button, “Other Than Honorable, click for details” will be displayed.

· If the user hovers the cursor over the button with an example text of “54D, P1”, the tooltip will display “54 day(s) remaining in the current period”.

· If the user hovers the cursor over any white area (non-text area) on the button, “Other Than Honorable, click for details 54 day(s) remaining in the current period” will be displayed.

The OTH-EXT care type button outlined in red for emphasis.

The OTH-EXT button shows that the “OTH-EXT” care type is assigned to the patient.

When the user selects the OTH-EXT button, a dialog displays additional information.

Note: Patch OR*3.0*546 amended verbiage to include more information about Military Sexual Trauma (MST).

To display the OTH-EXT popup window dialog box:

1. Select the OTH-EXT button.
2. After viewing the information, close the dialog by selecting the “OK” button.

Note: A tooltip provides detailed information.

- If the user hovers the mouse over the ‘OTH-EXT’ label on the button “Other Than Honorable, click for details” will be displayed.