The National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic is designed to help Veterans whose current rehabilitation goals would benefit from the value of adaptive summer sports. The NVSSC serves Veterans living with spinal cord injuries, amputations, visual impairments, neurological conditions, PTSD, burns, and TBI/polytrauma.
Veterans and volunteers interested in registering online for the 43rd National Veterans Wheelchair Games (NVWG) can do so now through April 5, 2024.
Watch this conversation between the Under Secretary for Health and participants of the 2024 Winter Sports Clinic.
VA nurse seeks ways to make a difference in the lives of the Veterans. Played crucial role in developing diabetes program.
Michael E. DeBakey VA in Houston has become accredited as a Level 4 Epilepsy Center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers.
VA's Robotics and Advanced Technology Center has improved access to exoskeleton technology for Veterans.
VA and Paralyzed Veterans of America will host National Veterans Wheelchair Games in Portland, July 4-9. Eligible Veterans may submit applications from Feb. 1 until April 2.
Veteran patients, staff and families gathered to celebrate 30 years of serving Veterans in the South Texas VA Spinal Cord Injury Center.
Our Military Kids (OMK) is a national nonprofit group that provides extracurricular activity scholarships to children and teens (ages 3-18) of deployed National Guard and Reserve and post-9/11 combat-injured Veterans in treatment. OMK has expanded its eligibility criteria to include children of post-9/11 combat wounded, ill or injured Veterans with a VA individual disability rating of 30% or higher who are receiving treatment for a presumptive condition outlined in the PACT Act.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran Brittany Elliott, who was hurt in an auto accident and is competing in the 2023 National Winter Sports Clinic.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran William Ward, who served over 15 years in the Marine Corps and is now an avid adaptive athlete.
Dr. Kersten Schwanz found her career as a physiatrist focusing on sports medicine through her VALUE internship at Minneapolis VA.