When veterans exit military service, they leave for different reasons. For some, it is end of their contract, but for others it is for medical or mental health reasons. Every service member has a different story to tell and will have different needs that will need to be met by the VA. Service members, who are honorably discharged from military service, will receive free health care for their service connect disabilities. However, the VA is a working hospital and may charge fees for non-service related issues. However, if a service member is rated at 100%, most, if not all, charges will be dropped after the VA also runs the bill through the service members medical insurance. Medical insurance helps to offset medical charged for non-service related issues, including emergency cost.
The Veterans Affairs: https://www.va.gov/
Phone: 1-800-827-1000
eBenefits: https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits/homepage
The online one stop for all VA Needs
Social Groups are another way for the veterans to get started with their VA Claim. Often veterans may not know where to begin to get a VA claim started and/or to add to their existing claim.
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW): https://vfw.org/
The VFW is a great source to point you in the right direction to help get you started on your claim.
The American Legion: https://www.legion.org/
A veteran support group that is found on a national level.
ChampVA: www.va.gov/find-forms/about-form-10-10d/
Phone: 1-800-733-8387
VA Health care for veterans and family members if they qualify.
For spiritual help and guidance.
Chaplain Services
Phone: 210-617-5300 ext:1544
According to the National Institute of Mental Health:
"Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder that develops in some people who have experienced a shocking, scary, or dangerous event." (For more information go to https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd)
Veterans & Dependents PTSD Group
Phone: 210-844-2563
VA Vet Centers-PTSD
Phone: 1-877-927-8387
Preparing for your final journey and providing piece-of-mind to love ones for the day to come.
Veterans Crisis Line
Phone: 1-800-273-8255
Audie L Murphy
Phone: 210-617-5300 Ext: 15113
DAV National Service Office
Phone: 210-699-5064
Texas Veterans Commission
Phone: 210-617-5175
FT. Sam Houston National Cemetery
Phone: 210-820-3891
Alm VA Bereavement Clinic
Phone: 210-617-5300 Ext: 16333
Funeral Consumer Alliance
Phone: 210-341-2213
Neptune Society Cremation
Phone: 210-880-1800
VA Chaplin
Phone: 210-617-5300 Ext: 15441
Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E): https://www.benefits.va.gov/vocrehab/
Phone: 210-617-5300
Texas Health and Human Services: https://www.hhs.texas.gov/services/disability/blind-visually-impaired
Phone: 210-977-9720
Low Vision Resource Center and Owl Radio: https://www.owlradio.org/
Phone: (210) 829-4223
Blind Rehabilitation Services Outpatient Clinic (Bros Clinic)
Phone: 210 617-5300
Phone: 1-877-537-7348
Texas Workforce Commission (TWC)- BLIND VISUAL IMPAIRED (BVI): https://www.twc.texas.gov/programs/vocational-rehabilitation
TWC: Independent Living Services for Older Individuals who Are Blind: https://www.twc.texas.gov/programs/older-individuals-who-are-blind
Phone: 1-844-633-3642
Texas Talking Book Program Catalog: https://www.tsl.texas.gov/tbp/bibliographies/bibindex.html
Phone: 1-800-252-9605
Top 10 Audiobook Sites for Blind and Visually Impaired: https://ibvi.org/blog/top-10-audiobook-sites-for-blind-and-visually-impaired/
Service Animals are generally not covered by the VA but some training's are. Call the VA benefits office to find out more information on what resources the VA offers toward service Animals and their training.
Puppies Assisting Wounded Service Members (PAWS)
Phone: 210-617-5300 ext: 15437
PAWS is a pilot program at VA Palo Alto health care that provides Veterans with PTSD the opportunity to train service dogs for fellow Veterans. This program may benefit Veterans by teaching them to advance their sense of well-being and improve their quality of life.
PAWS for Purple Hearts: Warriors Helping Warriors
Phone: 210-526-0100
Phone: 1-844-700-PAWS (7297)
Audie Murphy Sleep Clinic: https://www.va.gov/south-texas-health-care/
Audie L. Murphy VA Medical Center
Phone: 210-617-5300
Sleep Medicine Clinic-1A
Phone: 210-949-3354
Sleep Lab & CPAP Clinic 7B
Phone: 210-949-3354
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs: Exposure to Agent Orange by Location https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/locations/index.asp
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs: Veterans' Diseases Associated with Agent Orange https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/conditions/
VA News: Benefits, resources available to Veterans of OIF, Southwest Asia Theater of Operations https://news.va.gov/101474/benefits-resources-available-to-veterans-of-oif-southwest-asia-theater-of-operations/
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Operation Enduring Freedom Exposures https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/wars-operations/oef.asp
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: World War II Exposures https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/wars-operations/ww2.asp
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Gulf War Exposures https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/gulfwar/sources/index.asp
VetsHQ: Gulf War Exposures https://www.vetshq.com/gulf-war-exposures/#:~:text=Veterans%20who%20were%20deployed%20to,the%20lungs%20and%20air%20passages.
According to The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke:
"A traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be caused by a forceful bump, blow, or jolt to the head or body, or from an object that pierces the skull and enters the brain. Not all blows or jolts to the head result in a TBI." (For more information about TBI go to https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/traumatic-brain-injury-tbi)
Polytrauma/TBI System of Care: https://www.polytrauma.va.gov/
Phone: 210-617-5300
Phone: 1-877-469-5300
Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence (TBICoE) (Formerly called the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center): https://health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/Centers-of-Excellence/Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Center-of-Excellence
Phone: 1-800-870-9244
My HealtheVet
Phone: 210-949-3877
My HealtheVet Tech Services
Phone: 1-800-877-8339
My HealtheVet National Desk
Phone: 1-877-327-0022
South TX Primary Care Team
Phone: 1-888-686-6350
South TX Mental Health Team
Phone: 210-949-9791
Enrollment & Eligibility
Phone: 210-949-9702
VA Healthcare eligibility: https://www.va.gov/
Phone: 1-877-222-8387
Veterans Crisis Line
Phone: 1-800-273-8255; Press 1
Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Phone: 1-800-827-1000
Audie Murphy VA Medical Hospital and Offices
Audie L. Murphy VA Medical Hospital: https://www.va.gov/south-texas-health-care/locations/audie-l-murphy-memorial-veterans-hospital/
Main Phone: 210-617-5300
Laboratory Services
Phone: 210-617-5300; ext 16099
Pharmacy
Phone: 210-617-5300; ext 15290
Radiation Therapy
Phone: 210-617-5300; ext 19760
Radiology & Nuc Med
Phone: 210-617-5300; etx 19729
Release of Information
Phone: 210-617-5300; ext 15610
Telecare Nurse Line
Phone: (Day) 210-949-3994
Phone: (Night) 1-888-252-9970
Transgender Health
Phone: 210-617-5300; ext 65095
VA Care in the Community
Phone: 210-617-5300; ext 13850
VA Prosthetics
Phone: 210-617-5300
Vascular Lab
Phone: 210-949-3388
Women’s Health
Phone: 210-949-9449
Additional VA Clinics
Medicine Service Clinic Directory
Phone: 210-949-9702
Southwest Military VA Clinic
Phone: 210-923-0777
Balcones Heights VA Medical Center
Phone: 210-732-1802
San Antonio Northwest VA Clinic
Phone: 210-706-7800
San Antonio Northeast VA Clinic
Phone: 210-650-0472
San Antonio Northwest Vet Center
Phone: 210-688-0606
Data Point VA Dental and Optical Clinic
Phone: 210-949-8900
Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans' Hospital -Suicide Prevention
Phone: 210-617-5300 (walk-ins accepted)
Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans' Hospital - Consolidated Outpatient Appointment Center
Phone: 210-949-9702
Note: Contact us to schedule, reschedule, or cancel your appointment. If a referral is required, you’ll need to contact your primary care provider first.
According to the VA , they "offer women’s health services to meet your specific needs such as disease screenings, mental health treatment, recovery from military sexual trauma, maternity care and female-specific medical equipment".
Audie Murphy VA Medical Center: https://www.va.gov/south-texas-health-care/locations/audie-l-murphy-memorial-veterans-hospital/
Phone: 210-617-5300
Women Veterans Program
Phone: 210-949-9449
Maternity Care Coordinator
Phone: 210-617-5300, Ext. 16098
Consolidated Outpatient Appointment Center
Phone: 210-949-9702
Center for Women Veterans (CWV): https://www.va.gov/womenvet/
Phone: 800-698-2411
Note: Contact us to schedule, reschedule, or cancel your appointment. If a referral is required, you’ll need to contact your primary care provider first.
Disabled American Veterans
Phone: 210-699-5064
Phone: 1-877-246-2838
LGBTQ Vet Outreach
Phone: 210-617-5300, Ext: 16645
Military veteran peer network project (MVPN)
Phone: 512-463-6091
Marriage & Family Therapy
Phone: 210-254-3618
Veterans Rehab- The Recovery Village
Phone: 1-866-922-1053
Veterans Rehab- The Recovery Village
Phone: 1-866-922-1053
San Antonio CORE (SA-CORE) Mental Health Unit: https://www.sa.gov/Directory/Departments/SAPD/About/Divisions/Mental-Health
Phone:210-207-7837
Hearing Center of excellence: https://health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/Centers-of-Excellence/HCE
Phone: 210-292-4100
Mental Health Peer Support:Phone: 210-695-0687
Record your Military Discharge Record (DD214) to create a permanent certifiable record:Phone: 210-335-2581
