Veterans encouraged to enroll in VA health care as vaccine rollout continues More veterans expected to enroll in VA healthcare By Catherine Patterson | January 22, 2021 at 5:57 PM CST - Updated January 22 at 10:48 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Starting Monday, the Birmingham VA tells us they should be able to give shots to 1,000 veterans 65 and older every week day. And now, they expect to see more veterans enroll with the VA to get their shot. Right now, there are about 70,000 veterans enrolled out of a potential 200,000 in the area. Up until now, the Birmingham VA Health Care System has been able to vaccinate up to 300 veterans over 65 with the Pfizer vaccine.