The Department of Veterans Affairs, which now has nearly 8 million veterans enrolled in its health-care system, is poised to welcome nearly 266,000 more veterans into its medical centers and clinics. The VA will expand access to health-care enrollment for certain veterans who had been excluded in the past six years due to their income.

Under a new regulation that took effect June 15, VA will enroll veterans whose income exceeds current means-tested thresholds by up to 10 percent. These veterans were excluded from VA health-care enrollment when income limits were imposed in 2003 on veterans with no service-connected disabilities or other special eligibility for care.

There is no income limit for veterans with compensable service-connected disabilities or for veterans being seen for their service-connected disabilities. Veterans who have applied for VA health care but were rejected due to their income at any point in 2009 will have their applications reconsidered under the new income threshold formula. Those who applied before 2009, but were rejected due to income, must reapply. VA will contact these veterans through a direct-mail campaign, veterans’ service organizations, and a national marketing campaign.

Information about enrollment and an income and assets calculator are available online at www.va.gov/healtheligibility. The calculator provides a format in which veterans enter their household income, number of dependents and zip codes to see if they now qualify for VA health-care enrollment. In addition to applying online, veterans may also call VA’s health benefits service center at (877) 222-8387. Also, each VA medical center across the country has an enrollment coordinator available to provide veterans with enrollment and eligibility information.

•Korean War Memorial:

The Rhode Island Korean War Memorial in downtown Providence, across from the Licht Judicial Complex on South Main Street, now has a Web site to allow people to learn more about the memorial and the engraved red bricks that were sold to make it possible.

The memorial’s Web site, at http://www.rikoreanwarmemorial.com., contains records of all the red and white bricks set in the monument. White bricks list all Rhode Island servicemen by name, rank and military service branch that were either killed in action or the date that they were declared missing in action. Red bricks give the names of all men and women who served in the military during the Korean War as well as the organizations and individuals who donated money to make the memorial possible.

•American Legion:

Balfour-Cole Post 64, 170 Pleasant View Ave., Smithfield, will meet on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.; Post 2, Two Legion Way, West Warwick, will have a fundraising chicken barbecue open to the public on Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Tickets cost $12; for more information, call (401) 821-9855.

•Military Order of the Purple Heart:

Oliver Hazard Perry Chapter 1812 will meet Thursday at 2 p.m. at Middletown VFW Post 4487.

•Veterans of Foreign Wars:

Gatchell Post 306 will host an Italian dinner fundraiser on Thursday, 4 to 7 p.m., at the post home, 171 Fountain St., Pawtucket, with $7 tickets sold at the door.

•Disabled American Veterans:

The department executive committee will meet Thursday at 7 p.m., in Classroom 3, fifth floor, at the VA Medical Center, 830 Chalkstone Ave., Providence; Chapter 9 Baker Post will meet on Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall at Warwick Avenue and Sandy Lane in Warwick.

•43d Infantry Division Rhode Island Winged Victory Division:

Members will meet on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Arsenal, 176 Benefit St., Providence.

•Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge:

Chapter 24 will meet Saturday at noon at Barrington’s American Legion Post 8 Hall on Legion Way.

Send veterans’ meeting and news items to George W. Reilly at VeteransColumn@verizon.net or write to The Veterans’ Journal Column at The Providence Journal, 75 Fountain St., Providence, R.I. 02902. Veterans’ meeting and feature items can be read and posted for free at http://projothebeat.com/.