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National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Get Recommended Screening Tests and Immunizations for Men
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) aims to help you stay healthy. The table below lists the preventive health services (screening tests, medications, health counseling, and vaccines) that VHA recommends.
Screening tests are used to look for health conditions before there are symptoms. These recommendations apply only to adult men of average risk. You are a man of average risk if you have no personal or family history or symptoms of the conditions listed below. If you are having symptoms of a condition, please talk with your provider. Guidance specific to women can be found on the screening and immunizations for women page.
Preventive Care Recommendation Charts
Color Key
Green: Recommended (R)
Yellow: Recommended for some people — please talk with your provider
Red: Not recommended (NR)
| Screening Tests for Average Risk Veterans | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEALTH CONDITIONS | 18-29years | 30-39years | 40-49years | 50-59years | 60-69years | 70-79years | 80 years and older |
| Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) | Not Recommended (age 18-64) | Talk with your provider(age 65-75) | Not Recommended(age 76 and older) | ||||
| Colon Cancer | Not Recommended(age 18-44) | Recommended.Frequency varies by test chosen(age 45–75) | Talk with your provider(age 76-85) | NR 86+ | |||
| Depression | Recommended every year | ||||||
| Hepatitis B Infection | Recommended for some men – talk with your provider (age 18 and older) | ||||||
| Hepatitis C Infection | Recommended in adults aged 18-79 years | ||||||
| High Blood Pressure | Recommended every year (age 18 and older) | ||||||
| HIV Infection | Recommended once (age 18 and older); annually in Veterans with ongoing risk factors | ||||||
| Lung Cancer | Not Recommended (age 18-49) | Recommended for somemen-talk with your provider(age 50-80) | NR 81+(age 81 and older) | ||||
| Prostate Cancer | Not Recommended(age 18-54) | Talk with your provider(age 55-69) | Not Recommended(age 70 and older) | ||||
| Sexually Transmitted Infections | Talk with your provider about testing for syphilis and other sexually transmitted infections (age 18 and older) | ||||||
| Medications | |||||||
| HEALTH CONDITIONS | 18-29years | 30-39years. | 40-49years | 50-59years | 60-69years | 70-79years | 80 years and older |
| Aspirin to Prevent Heart Attack | Not Recommended (age 18-39) | Talk with your provider (age 40-59) | Not Recommended(age 60 and older) | ||||
| PrEP to Prevent HIV Infection | Talk with your provider (age 19 and older) | ||||||
| Statin to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease | Not Recommended(age 19-40) | Recommended for some men - talk with your provider (age 40 and older) | |||||
| Health Counseling | |||||||
| HEALTH CONDITIONS | 18-29years | 30-39years | 40-49years | 50-59years | 60-69years | 70-79years | 80 years and older |
| Tobacco Use | Recommended every visit (if using tobacco) (age 18 and older) | ||||||
| Alcohol Use | Talk with your provider about healthy alcohol use (age 18 and older) | ||||||
| Healthy Diet and Physical Activity | Talk with your provider about a healthy diet and physical activity (age 18 and older) | ||||||
| Overweight and Obesity | Recommended every year (age 18 and older) | ||||||
| Vaccines | |||||||
| HEALTH CONDITIONS | 18-29years | 30-39years | 40-49years | 50-59years | 60-69years | 70-79years | 80 years and older |
| COVID-19 | Recommended for all men—talk with your provider to make sure you stay up-to-date(https://www.va.gov/health-care/covid-19-vaccine/) | ||||||
| Hepatitis A | Recommended for some men—talk with your provider (age 19 and older) | ||||||
| Hepatitis B | Recommended for all men who have not already had Hepatitis B vaccine (age 19-59) | Recommended for some men - talk to your provider(age 60 and older) | |||||
| Herpes Zoster(Shingles)RZV vaccine | Recommended for some men - talk with your provide (age 19 and older) | Recommended 2 doses (age 50 and older),with second dose 2-6 months after first dose | |||||
| Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)HPV vaccine | 2–3 doses(age 19–26) if seriesnot completed | Talk with your provider(age 27–45) | Not recommended(age 46 and older) | ||||
| Influenza (Flu)Injectable, Inhaled | Recommended every year (age 18 and older) | ||||||
| Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) | Recommended for some men—talk with your provider (age 19 and older) | ||||||
| Meningococcal Disease | Recommended for some men—talk with your provider (age 19 and older) | ||||||
| Pneumococcal DiseasePCV15, PCV20,PPSV23 vaccine | Recommended for some men – talk withyour provider (age 19–64) | Recommended - talk to your provider to make sure you're up-to-date(age 65 and older) | |||||
| Respiratory SyncytialVirus (RSV) RSV vaccine | Not recommended (age 18–59) | “One time”(single lifetime)dose recommended for some men – talk with your provider(age 60-74) | One time”(single lifetime)dose recommended for men age 75and older | ||||
| Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis) | Recommend at least 1 dose (age 19 and older) Booster every 10 years (age 19 and older) (Either Tdap or Td may be used) (Or for wound management if > 5 years have passed since last tetanus toxoid-containing booster vaccine) | ||||||
| Td (Tetanus and Diphtheria) | Recommended. Booster every 10 years (age 19 and older) (Either Tdap or Td may be used)(Or for wound management if > 5 years have passed since last tetanus toxoid-containing booster vaccine) | ||||||
| Varicella (Chickenpox) | Recommended for some men - talk with your provider (2 doses if born 1980 or later) |