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.
Note: The VA establishes new VA Health Eligibility under the PACT Act: Including Toxic Screening
Note: Please see Documents for Printable Forms.
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:15441
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
Phone: 210-894-8677 (Cell)
VA Vet Centers-Readjustment Counseling
Phone: 1-877-927-8387
National Center for PTSD: https://www.ptsd.va.gov/
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
Texas Veterans Commission: Claims Department
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 https://funerals.org/
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) (HQ)
Service Dog Veterinary Health Benefit
The Service Dog Health Insurance Benefit is provided to Veterans who are prescribed guide or service dogs under 38 CFR 17.148 for the purpose of the Veteran being diagnosed as having a visual, hearing, or substantial mobility impairment. VA does not provide service dogs (SD) but does provide veterinary health care and other benefits in support of guide dogs and hearing and mobility service dogs to maximize the life and utility of these specialized dogs.
• Recognized Service Dogs for the Insurance Benefit: VA will recognize, for the purpose of paying benefits the following service dogs: The dog and veteran must have successfully completed a training program offered by an organization accredited by Assistance Dogs International or the International Guide Dog Federation, or both (for dogs that perform both service- and guide-dog assistance). The veteran must provide to VA a certificate showing successful completion issued by the accredited organization that provided such program.
• Service Animal Code of federal Regulations: 38 CFR 17.148 Service dogs.
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
My HealtheVet
Phone: 210-949-3877
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
Appointment Schedular
Phone: 210-949-9702
Enrollment & Eligibility
210-949-3981 Option 2
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
VA Pharmacy
Phone: 210-617-5300; ext 15290
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
VA Care in the Community: Patient Administration Service
Phone: 210-617-5300; ext 13850
VA Prosthetics
Phone: 210-617-5300
Vascular Lab
Phone: 210-949-3388
VA Women’s Health
Phone: 210-949-9449
Additional VA Clinics
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 Data Point VA Clinic | VA South Texas Health Care | Veterans Affairs
Phone: 210-949-9702
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 Veteran Call center (WVCC) https://www.womenshealth.va.gov/
855-829-6636
Women Veterans Program
Phone: 210-949-9449
Maternity Care Coordinator
Phone: 210-617-5300, Ext. 16098
Consolidated Outpatient Appointment Center
Phone: 210-949-9702
Grace after Fire: https://www.graceafterfire.org/
Phone: 832-769-6582
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.
Aquatics mood therapy https://news.va.gov/96597/aquatic-therapy-helps-veterans-overcome-physical-and-cognitive-challenges/
210-617-5125
Military veteran peer network project (MVPN)
Phone: 512-463-6091
Marriage & Family Therapy
Phone: 210-254-3618
Vet Centers (Readjustment Counseling) https://www.vetcenter.va.gov/
Phone: 1-877-927-8387
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:210-207-7273
Mental Health Peer Support:
Phone: 210-695-0687
Operation autism: A resource for military families: https://operationautism.org/about-us/
Phone: 571-977-5391
Email: programs@researchautism.org
Record your Military Discharge Record (DD214) to create a permanent certifiable record:
Phone: 210-335-2581
Wounded Warrior Project https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/
Phone: 210-569-0300
