Filed pursuant to 497(c)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
Registration File No.: 811-08716
(VA Balanced Fund Class 2)

Prospectus, May 1, 2006

Evergreen
Variable Annuity Funds

Evergreen VA Balanced Fund

Class 2

The Securities and Exchange Commission has not determined that the information in this prospectus is accurate or complete, nor has it approved or disapproved these securities. Anyone who tells you otherwise is committing a crime.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FUND RISK/RETURN SUMMARY:

Overview of Fund Risks
Evergreen VA Balanced Fund

GENERAL INFORMATION:

The Fund's Investment Advisor
The Funds' Sub-Advisors
The Funds' Portfolio Managers
Calculating the Share Price
How to Choose the Share Class That Best Suits You
Participating Insurance Companies
How to Buy and Redeem Shares
Other Services
The Tax Consequences of Investing in the Fund; Distributions
More Information about the Fund's Fees and Expenses
Financial Highlights
Other Fund Practices
Index Descriptions

Fund Summaries Key

The Fund's summary is organized around the following basic topics and questions:

INVESTMENT GOAL

What is the Fund's financial goal? You can find information about how the Fund seeks to achieve its investment goal by looking at the Fund's strategy and investment policies. The Fund's Board of Trustees can change the investment goal without a shareholder vote.

INVESTMENT STRATEGY

How does the Fund go about trying to meet its goal? What types of investments does it contain? What style of investing and investment philosophy does it follow?

RISK FACTORS

What are the principal risks for an investor in the Fund?

PERFORMANCE

How well has the Fund performed in the past year? The past five years? The past ten years?

FEES AND EXPENSES

How much does it cost to invest in the Fund?

Overview of Fund Risks

VA Balanced Fund

Shares of the Fund are sold only to separate accounts funding variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies issued by life insurance companies. Shares of the Fund may be purchased through a variable annuity contract or variable life insurance policy by placing an order with your participating life insurance company. For more information about the Fund and the other funds offered in the Evergreen funds family, please call 1.800.847.5397.

The Fund offered in this prospectus follows various investment strategies and focuses its investments on a variety of securities. The Fund typically relies on the following basic strategies, selling a portfolio investment: i) when a portfolio manager believes the issuer's investment fundamentals begin to deteriorate; ii) when the investment reaches or exceeds the portfolio manager's targeted value; iii) to take advantage of investment opportunities a portfolio manager believes are more attractive; iv) when the investment no longer appears to meet the Fund's investment objective; v) when the Fund must meet redemptions; or vi) for other investment reasons which a portfolio manager deems appropriate.

Following this overview, you will find information on the Fund's specific investment strategies and risks.

Risk Factors For All Mutual Funds

Please remember that an investment in a mutual fund is:

• not guaranteed to achieve its investment goal;
• not a deposit with a bank;
• not insured, endorsed or guaranteed by the FDIC or any government agency; and
• subject to investment risks, including possible loss of your original investment.

Like most investments, your investment in a Fund could fluctuate significantly in value over time and could result in a loss of money.

The following are some of the most important risks affecting your investment in a Fund. Other risks may be described in the discussion following this overview.

Stock Market Risk

Your investment in a Fund will be affected by general economic conditions such as prevailing economic growth, inflation and interest rates. When economic growth slows, or interest or inflation rates increase, equity securities tend to decline in value. Such events could also cause companies to decrease the dividends they pay. If these events were to occur, the dividend yield, total return earned on, and the value of your investment would likely decline. Even if general economic conditions do not change, the dividend yield, total return earned on and the value of your investment could decline if the particular industries, companies or sectors in which a Fund invests do not perform well.

Market Capitalization Risk

Stocks fall into three broad market capitalization categories -- large, medium and small. Investing primarily in one category carries the risk that, due to current market conditions, that category may be out of favor with investors. Small and midsized companies tend to be more vulnerable to adverse developments and more volatile than larger companies. Investments in small and midsized companies may involve special risks, including those associated with dependence on a small management group, little or no operating history, little or no track record of success, and limited product lines, markets and financial resources. Also, there may be less publicly available information about the issuers of the securities or less market interest in such securities than in the case of larger companies, each of which can cause significant price volatility. The securities of small and midsized companies may be illiquid, restricted as to resale, or may trade less frequently and in smaller volume than more widely held securities, which may make it difficult for a Fund to establish or close out a position in these securities at prevailing market prices.

Investment Style Risk

Different types of securities -- such as growth style or value style securities -- tend to shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic conditions. As a result, a Fund’s performance may at times be worse than the performance of other mutual funds that invest more broadly or that have different investment styles.

Interest Rate Risk

When interest rates go up, the value of debt securities tends to fall. If a Fund invests a significant portion of its portfolio in debt securities, and interest rates rise, then the value of your investment may decline. If interest rates go down, interest earned by a Fund on its debt investments may also decline, which could cause the Fund to reduce the dividends it pays. The longer the term of a debt security held by a Fund, the more the Fund is subject to interest rate risk. Some debt securities give the issuer the option to call or redeem the security before its maturity date. If an issuer calls or redeems the security during a time of declining interest rates, a Fund might have to reinvest the proceeds in a security offering a lower yield, and therefore might not benefit from any increase in value as a result of declining interest rates.

Credit Risk

The value of a debt security is directly affected by the issuer's ability (and the market's perception of the issuer's ability) to repay principal and pay interest on time. If a Fund invests in debt securities, then the value of your investment may decline if an issuer fails to pay an obligation on a timely basis. If the credit quality of a Fund's investments deteriorates or is perceived to deteriorate, the value of those investments could decline and the value of the Fund's shares could decline. A Fund may also be subject to credit risk to the extent it engages in financial transactions, such as repurchase agreements or dollar rolls, which involve a promise by a third party to honor an obligation to the Fund. These transactions are subject to the risks that a third party may be unwilling or unable to honor its financial obligations to the Fund.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk

Mortgage- and asset-backed securities are interests in pools of home loans (mortgages), automobile or credit card receivables and other extensions of credit. Interests in these pools are sold as individual securities. Asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities in which a Fund invests may include those issued by private issuers, which are not guaranteed or backed by the credit of the U.S. government or by an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government. Unlike traditional debt investments, payments on mortgage-backed and many asset-backed investments typically include both interest and partial payment of principal. Principal may be prepaid voluntarily, or as a result of refinancing or foreclosure. The Fund may have to invest the proceeds from prepaid investments in other investments with less attractive terms and yields. As a result, these securities may have less potential for capital appreciation and yield during periods of declining interest rates than other securities of comparable maturities, although they may have a similar risk of decline in market value during periods of rising interest rates. Because the prepayment rate generally declines as interest rates rise, an increase in interest rates will likely increase the duration, and thus the volatility, of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities. Some mortgage-backed and asset-backed investments receive only the interest portion ("IOs") or the principal portion ("POs") of payments on the underlying assets. The yields and values of these investments are extremely sensitive to changes in interest rates and in the rate of principal payments on the underlying assets. IOs tend to decrease in value if interest rates decline and rates of repayment (including prepayment) on the underlying mortgages or assets increase; it is possible that a Fund may lose the entire amount of its investment in an IO due to a decrease in interest rates. Conversely, POs tend to decrease in value if interest rates rise and rates of repayment decrease. Moreover, the market for IOs and POs may be volatile and limited, which may make them difficult for a Fund to buy or sell. A Fund may gain investment exposure to mortgage-backed and other asset-backed investments by entering into agreements with financial institutions to buy the investments at a fixed price at a future date. A Fund may or may not take delivery of the investments at the termination date of such an agreement, but will nonetheless be exposed to changes in value of the underlying investments during the term of the agreement.

U.S. Government Securities Risk

The debt instruments issued and/or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies, or instrumentalities, in which a fund invests, typically include mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, and collateralized mortgage obligations ("CMOs") issued by the Government National Mortgage Association ("Ginnie Mae"), the Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae"), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("Freddie Mac") and the Federal Home Loan Banks ("FHLB"). Securities issued by Ginnie Mae, but not those issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or FHLB, are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHLB, although chartered or sponsored by Congress, are not funded by congressional appropriations and the securities issued by them are neither guaranteed nor insured by the U.S. government and are supported only by the credit of the issuer itself. In general, securities issued by the U.S. government-sponsored entities are neither insured nor guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury. The asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities that the Fund may invest in include those issued by private issuers, which are not guaranteed or backed by the credit of the U.S. government or by an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government.

VA Balanced Fund

FUND FACTS:

Goals:

·  Capital Growth

·  Current Income

Principal Investments:

·  Common and Preferred Stocks and Convertible Securities of Large U.S. Companies

·  U.S. Treasury and Agency Obligations

·  Investment Grade Corporate Bonds and Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities

Class of Shares Offered in this Prospectus:

·  Class 2

Investment Advisor:

·  Evergreen
Investment
Management
Company, LLC

Sub-Advisor:

·  Tattersall Advisory Group, Inc.

Portfolio Managers:

·  Walter T. McCormick, CFA

·  Robert A. Calhoun, CFA

·  Parham M. Behrooz, CFA

·  Mehmet Camurdan, CFA

·  Eric R. Harper, CFA

·  Todd C. Kuimjian, CFA

Distribution Payment Schedule:

·  Annually

INVESTMENT GOAL

The Fund seeks capital growth and current income.

INVESTMENT STRATEGY

The following supplements the investment strategies discussed in ''Overview of Fund Risks'' on page 1.

The Fund invests in a combination of equity and debt securities. Under normal conditions, the Fund will invest at least 25% of its assets in debt securities and the remainder in equity securities.

The equity securities that the Fund invests in will primarily consist of the common stocks, preferred stocks and securities convertible or exchangeable for common stocks of large U.S. companies (i.e., companies whose market capitalizations fall within the market capitalization range of the companies tracked by the Russell 1000® Index, measured at the time of purchase). In addition, the equity portion of the Fund will seek to maintain a dollar-weighted average market capitalization that falls within the market capitalization range of the companies tracked by the Russell 1000® Index. As of its last reconstitution on June 30, 2005, the Russell 1000® Index had a market capitalization range of approximately $858 million to $367.5 billion.

The Fund's portfolio managers use a diversified equity style of management, best defined as a blend between growth and value stocks. “Growth” stocks are stocks of companies which the Fund’s portfolio managers believe have anticipated earnings ranging from steady to accelerated growth. “Value” stocks are stocks of companies which the Fund’s portfolio managers believe are undervalued. The portfolio managers look for factors that could trigger a rise in a security's price such as new products, new markets or positive changes in corporate structure or market perception. The Fund will generally invest in equity securities based on the potential for capital growth.

The Fund normally invests primarily all of the fixed income portion in U.S. dollar-denominated investment grade debt securities, including debt securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury or by an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government, corporate bonds, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, and other income producing securities. The Fund is not required to sell or otherwise dispose of any security that loses its rating or has its rating reduced after the Fund has purchased it.

The Fund maintains a bias toward corporate and mortgage-backed securities in order to capture higher levels of income. The Fund expects duration to provide a better measure of interest rate sensitivity than maturity. Accordingly, the Fund intends to limit duration to a two-year minimum and a six-year maximum while the dollar-weighted average maturity is expected to be longer than the dollar-weighted average duration. Duration is the expected life of a fixed income security and is used to determine the sensitivity of the security's price to changes in interest rates. Maturity merely measures the time until final payment is due. Unlike maturity, duration accounts for the time until all payments of interest and principal on a security are expected to be made, including how these payments are affected by prepayments and by changes in interest rates.

RISK FACTORS

Your investment in the Fund is subject to the risks discussed in ''Overview of Fund Risks'' on page 1 under the headings:

• Stock Market Risk
• Market Capitalization Risk
• Investment Style Risk
• Interest Rate Risk
• Credit Risk
• Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk
• U.S. Government Securities Risk

The Fund may also be subject to the risks of investing in convertible securities. Convertible securities are securities that may be converted or exchanged into shares of an underlying stock or other asset at a stated exchange ratio or predetermined price. Convertible securities generally offer lower interest or dividend yields than non-convertible securities of similar quality. The market value of convertible securities tends to decline as interest rates increase and may be affected by changes in the price of the underlying security. In the event of a liquidation of the issuing company, holders of convertible securities would be paid only after holders of any senior debt obligations.

For further information regarding the Fund's investment strategy and risk factors, see "Other Fund Practices." For a definition of the index mentioned above, please see "Index Descriptions" at the back of this prospectus.

PERFORMANCE

The following tables show how the Fund has performed in the past. Returns reflect Fund expenses and reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, but do not reflect contract, policy or separate account charges assessed by participating insurance companies. If these charges were reflected, returns would be less than those shown. Past performance is not an indication of future results.

The table below shows the percentage gain or loss for Class 2 shares of the Fund in each full calendar year since 3/1/1996. It should give you a general idea of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the Fund’s return has varied from year to year.

Year-by-Year Total Return for Class 2 Shares (%) ¹

1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
27.80	10.63	10.64	- 4.93	- 8.57	- 9.72	15.48	6.03	5.03

Best Quarter:	2nd Quarter 1997	+ 13.26 %1
Worst Quarter:	1st Quarter 2001	- 8.83 %1

The next table shows the Fund’s average annual total returns for Class 2 shares over the past one- and five-year periods and since inception. This table is intended to provide you with some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by comparing its performance with that of the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index (LBABI) and the S&P 500® Index (S&P 500). Please see "Index Descriptions" at the back of this prospectus. Performance information for an index does not reflect the transaction costs associated with buying and selling securities, any mutual fund expenses or fees, charges assessed by participating insurance companies, or any taxes. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

Average Annual Total Return
(for the period ended 12/31/2005) ¹

	Inception Date of Class	1 year	5 year	10 year	Performance Since 3/1/1996
Class 2	7/31/2002	5.03 %	1.20 %	N/A	6.28 %
LBABI		2.43 %	5.87 %	N/A	6.32 %
S&P 500		4.91 %	0.54 %	N/A	8.69 %

1.  Historical performance shown for Class 2 prior to its inception is based on the performance of Class 1, the original class offered, and has not been adjusted to reflect the effect of the 0.25% 12b-1 fee applicable to Class 2. Class 1 does not pay a 12b-1 fee. If these fees had been reflected, returns would have been lower. Class 1 is not offered in this prospectus.

FEES AND EXPENSES

This section describes the Fund's fees and expenses. Annual Fund Operating Expenses are based on the Fund's fiscal year ended 12/31/2005. The Fund does not assess any fees upon purchase or redemption. Surrender charges, mortality and expense risk fees and other charges may be assessed by the participating insurance companies under the variable annuity contracts, variable life insurance policies or separate accounts. Such charges and expenses are described in the prospectuses for the contracts and policies and are not included in the tables below.

You pay no shareholder transaction fees to the Fund.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that are deducted from Fund assets)

	Class 2
Management Fees 2	0.30 %
12b-1 Fees	0.25 %
Other Expenses	0.20 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	0.75 %

2.  Restated to reflect current fees.

The example below is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in this Fund versus other mutual funds and is for illustration purposes only. The example shows the total fees and expenses you would pay on a $10,000 investment over one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods. The example assumes a 5% average annual return, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, and that the Fund's operating expenses are the same as described in the table above. Your actual costs may be higher or lower.

Example of Fund Expenses

After:	Class 2
1 year	$ 77
3 years	$ 240
5 years	$ 417
10 years	$ 930

THE FUND'S INVESTMENT ADVISOR

An investment advisor manages a fund's investments and supervises its daily business affairs. Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC (EIMC) is the investment advisor to the Fund. EIMC has been managing mutual funds and private accounts since 1932 and managed over $103.9 billion in assets for the Evergreen funds as of 12/31/2005. EIMC is located at 200 Berkeley Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116-5034. EIMC is a subsidiary of Wachovia Corporation (Wachovia), the fourth largest bank holding company in the United States, with over $521 billion in consolidated assets as of 12/31/2005. Wachovia is located at 301 South College Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-0013.

For the fiscal year ended 12/31/2005, the aggregate advisory fee paid to EIMC by the Fund was 0.33% of the Fund's average daily net assets.

For a discussion regarding the considerations of the Fund's Board of Trustees for approving the Fund's advisory arrangements, please see the Fund's Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.

Legal Proceedings

Since September, 2003, governmental and self-regulatory authorities have instituted numerous ongoing investigations of various practices in the mutual fund industry, including investigations relating to revenue sharing, market-timing, late trading and record retention, among other things. The investigations cover investment advisors, distributors and transfer agents to mutual funds, as well as other firms. EIMC, Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. (EIS) and Evergreen Service Company, LLC (ESC) (collectively, “Evergreen”) have received subpoenas and other requests for documents and testimony relating to these investigations, are endeavoring to comply with those requests, and are cooperating with the investigations. Evergreen is continuing its own internal review of policies, practices, procedures and personnel, and is taking remedial action where appropriate.

In connection with one of these investigations, on July 28, 2004, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) informed Evergreen that the staff intends to recommend to the SEC that it institute an enforcement action against Evergreen. The SEC staff’s proposed allegations relate to (i) an arrangement pursuant to which a broker at one of EIMC’s affiliated broker-dealers had been authorized, apparently by an EIMC officer (who is no longer with EIMC), to engage in short-term trading, on behalf of a client, in Evergreen Mid Cap Growth Fund (formerly Evergreen Emerging Growth Fund and prior to that known as Evergreen Small Company Growth Fund) during the period December, 2000, through April, 2003, in excess of the limitations set forth in the fund’s prospectus, (ii) short-term trading from September, 2001, through January, 2003, by a former Evergreen portfolio manager of Evergreen Precious Metals Fund, a fund he managed at the time, (iii) the sufficiency of systems for monitoring exchanges and enforcing exchange limitations as stated in the funds’ prospectuses, and (iv) the adequacy of e-mail retention practices. In connection with the activity in Evergreen Mid Cap Growth Fund, EIMC reimbursed the fund $378,905, plus an additional $25,242, representing what EIMC calculated at that time to be the client’s net gain and the fees earned by EIMC and the expenses incurred by the fund on the client’s account. In connection with the activity in Evergreen Precious Metals Fund, EIMC reimbursed the fund $70,878, plus an additional $3,075, representing what EIMC calculated at that time to be the portfolio manager’s net gain and the fees earned by EIMC and expenses incurred by the fund on the portfolio manager’s account. Evergreen is currently engaged in discussions with the staff of the SEC concerning its recommendation.

The staff of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) has notified EIS that it has made a preliminary determination to recommend that disciplinary action be brought against EIS for certain violations of the NASD’s rules. The recommendation relates principally to allegations that EIS (i) arranged for fund portfolio trades to be directed to broker-dealers (including Wachovia Securities, LLC, an affiliate of EIS) that sold Evergreen fund shares during the period of January 2001 to December 2003 and (ii) provided non-cash compensation by sponsoring offsite meetings attended by Wachovia Securities, LLC brokers during that period. EIS is cooperating with the NASD staff in its review of these matters.

Any resolution of these matters with regulatory authorities may include, but not be limited to, sanctions, penalties or injunctions regarding Evergreen, restitution to mutual fund shareholders and/or other financial penalties and structural changes in the governance or management of Evergreen’s mutual fund business. Any penalties or restitution will be paid by Evergreen and not by the Evergreen funds.

In addition, the Evergreen funds and EIMC and certain of its affiliates are involved in various legal actions, including private litigation and class action lawsuits. EIMC does not expect that any of such legal actions currently pending or threatened will have a material adverse impact on the financial position or operations of any of the Evergreen funds or on EIMC's ability to provide services to the Evergreen funds.

Although Evergreen believes that neither the investigations described above nor any pending or threatened legal actions will have a material adverse impact on the Evergreen funds, there can be no assurance that these matters and any publicity surrounding or resulting from them will not result in reduced sales or increased redemptions of Evergreen fund shares, which could increase Evergreen fund transaction costs or operating expenses, or that they will not have other adverse consequences on the Evergreen funds.

THE FUNDS' SUB-ADVISORS

Tattersall Advisory Group, Inc. (TAG)is the sub-advisor to the Fund. There is no additional charge to the Fund for the services provided by TAG. TAG has been managing fixed income accounts since 1976 and manages over $6.3 billion in assets for 6 of the Evergreen Funds and Wachovia Funds as of 12/31/2005. TAG is located at 6802 Paragon Place, Suite 200, Richmond, Virginia 23230.

EIMC may pay a portion of its advisory fee to TAG for its services.

THE FUND'S PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

VA Balanced Fund

Walter T. McCormick has managed the equity portion of the Fund since April 2005. In addition, TAG has served as sub-advisor to the fixed income portion of the Fund since November 2001.

Mr. McCormick is a Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and head of the Value Equity team at EIMC. He originally joined a predecessor of EIMC in 1984. Mr. McCormick joined David L. Babson & Co., Inc. in 1998 and retired from there in April 2000. From April 2000 to March of 2002 he managed private portfolios. He rejoined EIMC in March 2002.

The team at TAG responsible for managing the fixed income portion of the Fund includes Robert A. Calhoun, CFA, who is the lead portfolio manager of the team, and Parham M. Behrooz, CFA, Eric R. Harper, CFA, Todd C. Kuimjian, CFA, and Mehmet Camurdan, CFA, each of whom has co-managed the Fund since November 2001.

Mr. Calhoun is an Executive Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer for TAG. He joined TAG in 1988, serving first as a Research Analyst and later as Managing Director of Research. He was appointed Chief Investment Officer in 2000 and named Executive Managing Director in 2003.

Mr. Behrooz is the Managing Director of Credit Research and Trading for TAG. He joined TAG in 1996, serving first as a Research Analyst and later as a Senior Credit Analyst, prior to being named Head of Credit Research in 2000. Mr. Behrooz was named Managing Director in 2004.

Mr. Camurdan is an Assistant Vice President and Senior Research Analyst for TAG. He joined TAG in 1999.

Mr. Harper is a Vice President and Senior Research Analyst for TAG. He joined TAG in September 2000.

Mr. Kuimjian is a Vice President and Senior Research Analyst for TAG. From 1994 until joining TAG in May 2001, he served as a Senior Research Analyst for First Capital Group and a Research Analyst for Mentor Investment Advisors.

The Fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) contains additional information about the Fund's portfolio managers, including other accounts they manage, their ownership of Fund shares and elements of their compensation.

CALCULATING THE SHARE PRICE

The value of one share of a Fund, also known as the net asset value, or NAV, is calculated by adding up the Fund’s total assets, subtracting all liabilities, then dividing the result by the total number of shares outstanding. A Fund’s NAV is calculated at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on each day the New York Stock Exchange is open. The Evergreen Funds reserve the right to adjust the time that a Fund calculates its NAV to coincide with an earlier closing of the market or due to other unusual circumstances. If a Fund offers multiple classes of shares, the NAV of each class of shares is calculated separately.

The price per share received by a Fund for a purchase of shares or the amount paid by a Fund for a redemption of shares is based on the next price calculated after the order is received and all required information is provided.

Shares become entitled to income distributions declared generally on the first business day following receipt by the Fund's transfer agent of payment for the shares.

Each security held by a Fund is typically valued at its market value when market value quotations are readily available using the most current market price quotations for that security. However, the Fund will "fair value" securities when (i) quotations are not available from any outside source; (ii) quotations are stale and there is no current trading activity in the security; (iii) closing quotations as received from an outside source do not reflect the current market value, or (iv) for certain other reasons, quotations are unreliable or are not readily available. The Fund will price these securities at a fair value according to policies established and reviewed periodically by the Fund's Board of Trustees.

Pricing a security at a fair value involves relying on a good faith value judgment made by individuals rather than on price quotations obtained in the marketplace. Although intended to reflect the actual value at which securities could be sold in the market, the fair value of one or more of the securities in the portfolio, which is used to determine the Fund's NAV, could be different from the actual value at which those securities could be sold in the market. Therefore, if a shareholder purchases or redeems shares in a Fund that holds securities priced at a fair value, this may have the unintended effect of increasing or decreasing the number of shares received in a purchase or the value of the proceeds received upon a redemption.

Short-term securities with maturities of 60 days or less will be valued on the basis of amortized cost, which approximates market value. Portfolio debt securities acquired with more than 60 days to maturity are fair valued using matrix pricing methods determined by an independent pricing service which takes into consideration such factors as similar security prices, yields, maturities, liquidity and ratings.

HOW TO CHOOSE THE SHARE CLASS THAT BEST SUITS YOU

The Fund offers two classes of shares. Only Class 2 shares are offered in this prospectus. The Fund offers Class 2 shares at NAV with no front-end or deferred sales charge. Class 2 shares are subject to 12b-1 fees. Pay particularly close attention to the fee structure so you know how much you will be paying before you invest.

Additional Compensation to Financial Services Firms

EIMC or EIS has entered into revenue sharing arrangements under which EIMC or EIS, as the case may be, makes payments to financial services firms that are intended to provide incentives for the sale of shares of Evergreen funds or to compensate the intermediary for marketing or marketing support activities. Payments under these arrangements are made from EIMC’s or EIS’s resources, as the case may be, and are in addition to any front-end sales charges, up-front commissions, Rule 12b-1 fees (if any) or other payments made or incentives provided to the financial services firm. The amounts of these payments typically are calculated as a percentage of sales made to and/or assets held by customers of the financial services firm. In some cases, these financial services firms may include the Evergreen funds on a "preferred list." Please contact your investment professional for more details regarding these arrangements or contact an Evergreen funds service representative at 1.800.847.5397 for a listing of financial services firms with whom we have such arrangements.

PARTICIPATING INSURANCE COMPANIES

The Fund was organized to serve as an investment vehicle for separate accounts funding variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies issued by certain life insurance companies. The Fund does not currently foresee any disadvantages to the holders of the contracts or policies arising from the fact that the interests of holders of those contracts or policies may differ due to the difference of tax treatment and other considerations. Nevertheless, the Board of Trustees has established procedures for the purpose of identifying any irreconcilable material conflicts that may arise and to determine what action, if any, would be taken in response thereto. The variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies are described in the separate prospectuses issued by the participating insurance companies. Evergreen Variable Annuity Trust assumes no responsibility for such prospectuses.

HOW TO BUY AND REDEEM SHARES

Investors may not purchase or redeem shares of a Fund directly, but only through variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies offered through separate accounts of participating insurance companies. Investors should refer to the prospectus of the variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies for information on how to purchase such contracts or policies, how to select specific Evergreen Variable Annuity Funds as investment options for the contracts or policies, how to redeem funds or change investment options, and any fees associated with a purchase or redemption.

The separate accounts of the participating insurance companies place orders to purchase and redeem shares of the Fund based on, among other things, the amount of premium payments to be invested and the amount of surrender and transfer requests (as defined in the prospectuses describing the variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies issued by the participating insurance companies) to be effected on that day pursuant to the contracts or policies.

The Fund has approved the acceptance of purchase and redemption request orders effective as of the time of their receipt by certain authorized financial intermediaries or their designees as long as these orders are received by these entities prior to the time that the Fund calculates its NAV. These financial service firms may charge transaction fees.

Timing of Proceeds

Normally, we will send your redemption proceeds to your insurance company on the next business day after we receive a request; however, we reserve the right to wait up to ten business days to redeem any investments.

OTHER SERVICES

Automatic Reinvestment of Distributions

All dividends and capital gains are distributed to the separate accounts of participating insurance companies and are automatically reinvested, unless requested otherwise by the separate account.

THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF INVESTING
IN THE FUND; DISTRIBUTIONS

Fund Distributions

The Fund passes along to the separate accounts the net income or profits it receives from its investments. The Fund expects that any distributions to separate accounts will be exempt from current federal income taxation to the extent that such distributions accumulate in a variable annuity contract or variable life insurance policy.

• Dividends. The Funds pay an annual distribution from the dividends, interest and other income on the securities in which they invest.
• Capital Gains. When a mutual fund sells a security it owns for a profit, the result is a capital gain. The Funds generally distribute capital gains, if any, at least once a year.

For a discussion of the tax consequences of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies, refer to the prospectus of the variable annuity contract or variable life insurance policies offered by the participating insurance company. Variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies purchased through insurance company separate accounts should provide for the accumulation of all earnings from interest, dividends and capital appreciation without current federal income tax liability to the owner. The IRS has indicated that a degree of investor control over the investment options underlying variable contracts may interfere with their tax-deferred treatment by causing the contract owner, rather than the insurance company, to be treated as the owner of the assets held by the separate account. Based on the rulings and other guidance the IRS has issued to date, Evergreen believes that tax-deferred treatment for the Funds will be respected. However, the IRS and the Treasury Department may in the future provide further guidance as to what it deems to constitute an impermissible level of "investor control," and such guidance could affect the treatment of the Funds described herein, including retroactively. Depending on the variable annuity contract or variable life insurance policy, distributions from the contract or policy may be subject to ordinary income tax and, in addition, a 10% penalty tax on distributions before age 59½. Only the portion of a distribution attributable to income on the investment in the contract is subject to federal income tax. Investors should consult with competent tax advisors for a more complete discussion of possible tax consequences in a particular situation.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND'S FEES AND EXPENSES

Every mutual fund has fees and expenses that are assessed either directly or indirectly. This section describes each of those fees.

Management Fee

The management fee is paid by each Fund to the investment advisor for investment advisory services. These services include day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio of investments.

Other Expenses

Mutual funds pay a variety of other fees and expenses in connection with their operations, including, for example, administrative service fees, transfer agency fees, shareholder servicing fees, custody fees, audit fees and legal fees.

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

The expense ratios of the Fund are shown in the section entitled "Fees and Expenses." The expense ratios are made up of a management fee, 12b-1 fee (if any) and the various other fund expenses referred to above (i.e., administrative fees, custody fees, transfer agency fees, etc.). The separate accounts are not charged these fees directly; instead they are taken out before each Fund's NAV is calculated, and are expressed as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The effect of these fees is reflected in the performance results for the share class to which they apply. Because these fees are not charged directly to an insurance separate account or to the accounts of policy owners or contract holders, investors should examine them closely in the prospectus, especially when comparing one fund with another fund in the same investment category. Some key things to remember about expense ratios include: (i) total return in a Fund is reduced by the fees and expenses paid by the Fund; (ii) expense ratios can vary greatly between funds and fund families; and (iii) a Fund’s investment advisor may waive a portion of the Fund’s expenses for a period of time, reducing its expense ratio.

Distribution and/or Service (Rule 12b-1) Fees

The Trustees of the Evergreen funds have approved a policy to assess 12b-1 fees for Class 2 shares. Up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Class 2 shares may be payable as 12b-1 fees; however, all or a portion of the 12b-1 fees may be voluntarily waived from time to time. These fees increase the cost of your investment. The purpose of the 12b-1 fees is to promote the sale of more shares of a Fund to the public. The Fund may use 12b-1 fees for advertising and marketing and as a "service fee" to broker-dealers, banks and other financial institutions for additional shareholder services and/or the maintenance of accounts.

PORTFOLIO TRADING COSTS

Portfolio trading costs for equity securities generally include commissions paid to broker-dealers for executing security purchases and sales on behalf of the Funds. Rather than being reflected as an ongoing expense of the Funds, brokerage commissions are added to the cost of purchasing a security, or subtracted from the proceeds from selling a security, when determining a Fund’s gain/loss from holding the security. Commissions are mostly paid on transactions in equity securities (stocks), although from time to time a fund might pay a commission on a transaction involving debt securities. The tables below do not reflect the undisclosed amount of "mark-up" typically included in the price paid by the Funds for principal transactions (transactions directly with a dealer or other counterparty), which include most fixed-income securities and certain derivative transactions. As a result, Funds that invest exclusively in fixed income securities will typically have lower brokerage commissions, though not necessarily lower transaction costs, than Funds that invest in equity securities. Information concerning the commissions incurred by the Funds during the most recently completed fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 is set forth below:

Evergreen VA Balanced Fund:
Total shares traded: 1	1,073,798
Total dollars traded: 1	$ 41,787,119
Average commission per share:	$ 0.03
Commission per share range:	$ 0.00 - $0.05
Total commissions paid:	$ 34,687
Total commissions as a percentage of average net assets:	0.04 %
Commissions paid per $1,000 invested:	$ 0.37

1.  Only includes trades in which a commission was paid.

The Fund places a portion of its commissionable trades through Wachovia Securities, LLC, a broker-dealer affiliated with the Fund's investment advisor. For more information regarding amounts of such trades, please see the SAI.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

This section looks in detail at the results for one Class 2 share of the Fund - how much income they earned, how much of this income was passed along as a distribution and how much the return was reduced by expenses. The following tables for the Fund have been derived from financial information audited by KPMG LLP, the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm. For a more complete picture of the Fund's financial statements, please see the Fund's Annual Report as well as the SAI, which is available upon request.

VA Balanced Fund

	Year Ended December 31,
CLASS 2	2005	2004	2003	2002 1
Net asset value, beginning of period	$ 13.70	$ 13.01	$ 11.50	$ 11.72
Income from investment operations
Net investment income (loss)	0.27 2	0.21 2	0.18 2	0.10 2
Net realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments	0.41	0.57	1.60	- 0.04
Total from investment operations	0.68	0.78	1.78	0.06
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income	- 0.29	- 0.09	- 0.27	- 0.28
Net asset value, end of period	$ 14.09	$ 13.70	$ 13.01	$ 11.50
Total return 3	5.03 %	6.03 %	15.48 %	0.51 %
Ratios and supplemental data
Net assets, end of period (thousands)	$ 2,606	$ 2,576	$ 1,239	$ 182
Ratios to average net assets
Expenses including waivers/reimbursements but excluding expense reductions	0.78 %	1.15 %	1.20 %	1.16 %4
Expenses excluding waivers/reimbursements and expense reductions	0.78 %	1.15 %	1.20 %	1.16 %4
Net investment income (loss)	1.98 %	1.61 %	1.42 %	2.00 %4
Portfolio turnover rate	78 %	128 %	145 %	165 %

1.  For the period from July 31, 2002 (commencement of class operations), to December 31, 2002.

2.  Net investment income (loss) per share is based on average shares outstanding during the period.

3.  Total return does not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account.

4.  Annualized

OTHER FUND PRACTICES

The Fund may invest in a variety of derivative instruments, including futures and options. Derivatives are financial contracts whose value is based on an underlying asset, such as a stock or a bond, or an underlying economic factor, such as an index or an interest rate. The Fund may also engage in strategies that make use of interest rate swaps and other interest rate transactions. Small price movements in the underlying asset or index can result in immediate and substantial gains or losses in the value of derivatives. Such practices are used to hedge the Fund's portfolio to protect against market decline, to maintain the Fund's exposure to its market, to manage cash or to attempt to increase income. Although this is intended to increase returns or limit risks to a Fund's portfolio, these practices may actually reduce returns or increase volatility.

The Evergreen funds generally do not take portfolio turnover into account in making investment decisions. This means the Fund could experience a high rate of portfolio turnover (100% or more) in any given fiscal year, resulting in greater brokerage and other transaction costs which are borne by the Fund and its shareholders. It may also result in a Fund realizing greater net short-term capital gains, distributions from which are taxable to shareholders as ordinary income except to shareholders holding fund shares in retirement plans. The Fund lists its portfolio turnover rate in the table in the "Financial Highlights" section of this Prospectus.

The Fund may borrow money, an investment practice typically used only for temporary or emergency purposes, such as meeting redemptions. Borrowing is a form of leverage that may magnify a Fund’s gain or loss. When a Fund has borrowed money for leverage and its investments increase or decrease in value, its net asset value will normally increase or decrease more than if it had not borrowed money for this purpose. The interest that the Fund must pay on borrowed money will reduce its net investment income and may also either offset any potential capital gains or increase losses.

The Fund may lend its securities. Lending securities involves the risk that the counterparty fails to return the loaned security or becomes insolvent, and may cause a Fund to lose the opportunity to sell these securities at the most desirable price and, therefore, lose money.

The Fund may, but will not necessarily, temporarily invest up to 100% of its assets in high-quality money market instruments in order to protect the value of the Fund in response to adverse economic, political or market conditions. This strategy is inconsistent with the Fund's principal investment strategies and investment goal and, if employed, could result in a lower return and loss of market opportunity.

Please consult the SAI for more information regarding these and other investment practices used by the Funds, including related risks.

Short-Term Trading

Excessive short-term trading in a Fund’s shares by investors can be detrimental to the interests of long-term shareholders. Excessive short-term trading may disrupt portfolio management of the Fund, harm Fund performance, create transaction and other administrative costs that are borne by all shareholders and, ultimately, result in a dilution of, or otherwise have a negative impact on, the value of the Fund’s shares.

To limit the negative effects of short-term trading on the Funds, the Evergreen funds have adopted certain restrictions on trading by investors. Investors are limited to three "round-trip" exchanges per calendar quarter and five "round-trip" exchanges per calendar year. A "round-trip" exchange occurs when an investor exchanges from one fund to another fund and back to the original fund. If a Fund discovers that an investor has exceeded these "round-trip" exchange limitations, the Fund will reject the purchase or exchange or terminate the investor's investment or exchange privileges. In addition, a Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase or exchange, and to terminate an investor's investment or exchange privileges, if the Fund determines in its sole discretion that trading activity by the investor may be materially detrimental to the interests of long-term shareholders. A Fund may reject purchases or exchanges, or terminate investment or exchange privileges, even if the investor has not exceeded the three-per-quarter/five-per-year limits described above. In considering whether trading activity may be materially detrimental to the interests of long-term shareholders, the Funds consider a number of factors, such as the frequency of trading by the investor, the amount involved in the investor's trades, and the length of time the investment is held, along with other factors.

The Evergreen funds attempt to enforce the foregoing trading restrictions by monitoring purchases, sales and exchanges on a daily basis. However, because shares of the Funds offered by this Prospectus are sold only to insurance company separate accounts, there are significant limitations on the Funds' ability to detect and prevent trading by policy owners and contract holders that would violate these restrictions. For example, the Funds will not generally have access to trading information regarding policy owners and contract holders and as a result will not typically be able to identify accounts through which violative trading is occurring, or even to determine whether such trading is actually occurring. For these and other reasons, it is possible that excessive short-term trading or trading in violation of the Funds' trading restrictions may occur despite the Funds' efforts to prevent them. See the prospectus or other documents for your insurance product for information about any steps your participating issuer takes to limit excessive trading.

Portfolio Holdings

EIMC is committed to providing all Evergreen fund shareholders equal access to portfolio holdings. A complete listing of portfolio holdings for every Evergreen fund as of each calendar quarter end is made available to the public approximately 15 calendar days after the quarter end at EvergreenInvestments.com. In addition, certain Funds (such as Evergreen money market funds) may make available to the public a complete list of holdings as of month end, which is posted to EvergreenInvestments.com within approximately 15 calendar days after the month end. Portfolio holdings information will remain available until it is updated at the next month or quarter end. Once released to the web, there are no restrictions on providing the data to any shareholder or external party. No other dissemination of portfolio holdings will be allowed to any shareholder, potential shareholder or party external to the Evergreen funds, except (i) as required by law, (ii) to affiliated or unaffiliated service providers (including the investment advisor, custodian, transfer agent, principal underwriter, etc.) that have a legal or contractual duty to keep such information confidential, (iii) to other persons who owe a fiduciary or other duty of trust or confidence to the Fund (such as the Fund's legal counsel and independent registered public accounting firm), or (iv) to institutional investment consultants or mutual fund analytical firms and, in such cases, only where there are signed confidentiality agreements in place. See "Policy for Dissemination of Portfolio Holdings" in the SAI for a more detailed description of this policy.

Privacy

EIMC and its affiliates are dedicated to providing you with the highest level of service and protecting your privacy. As technology transforms the way information is collected and distributed, we want you to know that we have implemented a number of industry-leading practices for safeguarding the privacy and security of financial information about you. EIMC and its affiliates employ safeguards to protect customer information and to prevent fraud. EIMC and its affiliates do not sell customer information to other companies for marketing purposes. For more information, visit EvergreenInvestments.com or call 1.800.847.5397 to speak to an Evergreen service representative.

INDEX DESCRIPTIONS

Index	Description	Funds
Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index (LBABI)	The LBABI is an unmanaged fixed income index covering the U.S. investment grade fixed-rate bond market, including U.S. government and U.S. government agency securities, corporate securities, and asset-backed securities.	VA Balanced Fund
Russell 1000® Index (Russell 1000)	The Russell 1000 is an unmanaged market capitalization-weighted index measuring the performance of the 1,000 largest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, which represents approximately 92% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index.	VA Balanced Fund
S&P 500 Index (S&P 500)	The S&P 500 is an unmanaged, market value-weighted index measuring the performance of 500 U.S. stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation.	VA Balanced Fund

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For More Information About Evergreen VA Balanced Fund, Ask for:

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• The Statement of Additional Information (SAI), which contains more detailed information about the Fund and its policies and procedures. The SAI has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and its contents are legally considered to be part of this prospectus.

Information about this Fund (including the SAI) is also available, without charge, on the SEC's Internet Web site at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of this material may be obtained, for a duplication fee, by writing the SEC Public Reference Section, Washington D.C. 20549-0102, or by electronic request at the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov. This material can also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. For more information about the operation of the Public Reference Room, call the SEC at 1.202.942.8090.

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