VA Community Care
Yes, we see veterans through VA Community Care.
Dr. Morgan and Dr. Chowning are credentialed community providers through TriWest. If the VA refers you out for chiropractic care, you can be seen here — and you can ask for us by name.
Want to visit us?
Tell your VA team what your issues are and they can refer you. The VA often chooses the provider, but you can request us by name. We get the referral and give you a call.
Are you eligible?
Eligibility and any copay depend on your enrollment and priority group. Your PACT team can tell you exactly where you stand — or call us and we will help you find out.
Where to find us
4549 Catclaw Drive, Abilene — at the corner of Catclaw Drive and Rebecca Lane.
Getting started
Most veterans don’t know they can ask for this.
Chiropractic care is available through VA community care. It is not automatic, and the VA will not usually offer it — you have to bring it up. Here is the whole process, start to finish.
Waiting longer than feels reasonable? Call your VA care team, and call us too. We can often tell you what stage things are at.
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Call or visit your PACT team
Describe your issues and say you would like a referral for chiropractic care. Raise it at your next appointment, call, or send a message through My HealtheVet.
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The VA sets up the referral
Abilene’s VA clinic is small and refers many patients to community providers, so this is a familiar request. The VA often picks where you go — but you can ask for Advanced Chiropractic by name.
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We call you
The referral comes to us, and our office calls you to book the first visit. You are not left chasing anybody down.
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Your first visit
X-rays here in our office, then a consultation, then a plan you agree to. Your first visit works the same as any other patient’s.
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We handle the renewals
Community care covers a set number of visits in a set window. When yours runs out, we contact the VA on your behalf for the next allotment — usually another couple of weeks. Keep talking to your PACT team as well, so everyone stays in the loop.
From a veteran patient
What it actually looked like.
Early in my time visiting the VA, one of my first complaints was back pain. My primary physician took note and put in a referral. Abilene only has a small clinic, so they refer many of their patients to a community care provider. It took a couple of weeks, but soon Advanced Chiropractic was calling me to set up the first visit. I went in, got an x-ray in their office and had my consultation, and we started regular visits.
Community care gives you a set number of visits in a set amount of time. A new condition gets you more visits; after that first round it becomes fewer visits as your treatment moves to upkeep. I go about every three weeks. When each period lapses, Advanced Chiropractic calls the VA for me to set up the next allotment, and within a couple of weeks I usually have a new set of appointments. I make sure I keep communicating with the VA and my primary physician as well.
Over my time I have seen both Dr. Morgan and Dr. Chowning. Both are excellent. I have had issues with my lower back and sciatic nerve, with pain running down through my leg and numbness in my feet and toes. Advanced Chiropractic has solved all of those issues and made things livable again. I highly recommend seeing them.
— Will Boone, U.S. Navy veteran
Common reasons
The wear that service leaves behind.
Musculoskeletal complaints are among the most common service-connected conditions, and most of them respond to conservative care.
- Chronic back and neck pain — years of load-bearing, vehicles, and gear
- Sciatica — pain that travels down through the leg
- Peripheral neuropathy — numbness and tingling in the feet and hands
- Joint and mobility problems — knees, shoulders, hips
- Headaches tied to neck tension and old injuries
We work alongside your VA primary care, not instead of it. Nothing here replaces the rest of your care team.
What a visit looks like
Built around what your evaluation shows.
Every treatment plan is individual. Depending on what your evaluation shows, yours may include adjustments, stretching, electrical stimulation or time on the decompression table — and it changes as you improve.
Bring with you
Your first visit.
- A photo ID
- A list of the medications you take
- Any imaging or records you already have
Don’t have all of it? Come anyway. We can work with what you have and request the rest.
Talk to someone who has done this before.
Call the office and say you are a veteran asking about community care. If you are not sure what stage your referral is at, that is a normal question here — and the one we answer most often.