Stories

VA's whole health approach to care connects patients with other services and helps with physical, psychological, social, and economic factors that impact wellbeing. 

Two life-changing decisions: joining AA and becoming a VA volunteer. These choices have not only helped him regain control of his life, but they've also allowed him to touch the lives of countless others. 

“Every time he would ask me, ‘When are you gonna go officer? When are you gonna go officer?’ And I kept saying, ‘you know, I'm working on my clinical hours, Grandpa. I'm working on it’.”

Renovations are underway across a combined unit that will serve Veterans and active-duty service members with an emphasis on special forces. 

"I could put on a dress shoe and was able to dance with my wife"

More people are dying from opioid overdoses than car accidents. Veterans Health Administration is committed to reducing overdose deaths. One way to accomplish this is through expanding access to the life-saving medication naloxone (also known as Narcan®).

That’s when I first heard the phrase that would come to define so much of what I do: “my Veterans.” Nurses said it with such love, such a sense of belonging and responsibility. Those words weren’t just a phrase—they were a promise, a bond.

She was born in Mexico, where she lived until she was 15-years-old. As a teenager, moving to America was hard and the first few years she hated it. However, she soon realized that coming to America was the best thing that happened to her, except for joining the military.

Ope! Come show off your Minnesota nice and make a difference by volunteering at the 44th annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games.

The VA is proud to recognize Char Psihos as our Volunteer of the Month!