The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) has recently added extensive new content addressing the use of Veteran’s Administration (VA) health services. This new content will allow us to examine a wide range of determinants of such use, and racial differences in the impact of these determinants, including economic and attitudinal factors. This project’s research questions will include: Is there a racial difference in the use of VA health services? What economic, health, social, or attitudinal factors influence each use? Do these factors explain the racial differences observed?