Primary Care Health Services

The Veterans Healthcare Administration provides general and specialized health care services to meet the unique needs of veterans returning from combat deployments.

When you establish care at your local VA medical center or clinic you will be teamed up with a primary care provider. Your primary care provider is part of a team that can assist you in meeting your post-combat health care needs including specialized services for:

• acute illness and chronic disease management
• preventive medicine and health maintenance
• women's health concerns
• traumatic injury including brain & spinal cord injuries
• post-combat mood changes, anxiety concerns, sleep problems and stress related difficulties (including post traumatic stress disorder, also known as PTSD)
• acute and chronic pain management
• visual and hearing impairment
• alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse

Services may include: specialty medical or surgical care, rehabilitative services including vocational rehabilitation, prosthetics, social work and family services, benefits counseling, community resource information and referral assistance.