Veterans, Arlington Texas
Chiropractic Care For Veterans, Through Community Care
The short answer
Chiro Factory is in the VA Community Care Network and is accepting veterans. You need a referral from your VA health care team before the appointment, not after. Chiropractic care is already part of the standard VA medical benefits package, so this is not something you have to argue your way into. Ask your VA team for a referral to a community provider, then call 817-800-7136 and the paperwork on this end is handled here.
The Part Most Veterans Get Stuck On
How To Actually Get Referred Here
The sentence that unlocks it is short: ask your VA health care team for a referral to a community provider.
Community care runs on a referral and an authorisation, and both come before the appointment rather than after. That order is the thing people trip over, so here it is in sequence.
1. Ask your VA team
Ask your VA primary care or specialty provider for a referral for chiropractic care to a community provider. Access to VA chiropractic care runs by referral from a VA provider.
2. The VA reviews eligibility
Your VA health care team reviews the request and confirms whether you are eligible. That decision sits with the VA, not with this clinic.
3. You get an authorisation letter
Once an appointment is scheduled, the VA sends an authorisation letter. That letter is your approval for community care.
4. Then call us
Call 817-800-7136 with the referral in hand and the appointment gets booked. The paperwork on this end is handled here rather than left with you.
Department of Veterans Affairs, on community care referrals: before scheduling an appointment with a non-VA provider in the community care network, you must get a referral and your VA health care team must approve your care. After the appointment is scheduled, the VA sends an authorisation letter, which is your approval for community care.
Source: How to get community care referrals and schedule appointments, VA.gov.
Something Worth Knowing
Chiropractic Is Already Part Of Your Benefits
Chiropractic care is part of the standard VA medical benefits package. It is not an extra you have to argue your way into.
VA Chiropractic Program, Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Services: chiropractic services are part of the standard Medical Benefits Package available to all eligible Veterans. Access is by referral from a VA primary care or specialty provider, and referral for chiropractic care is not subject to requirements or authorisations beyond those needed for a referral to any other specialty. Where a VA facility has no on-site chiropractic clinic, the service is provided through community care.
Source: VA Chiropractic Program.
That last point is the reason this clinic exists in the network. If your VA facility does not have a chiropractor on site, the care is meant to come from a community provider, and Chiro Factory is one you can be referred to.
What Veterans Come In With
Usually Something Carried For Years
The pattern is different from the general population. It is rarely one fresh injury and usually a long history with a lot built on top of it.
- Back, neck and joint pain carried for years rather than weeks
- Service related mechanical injuries, and the compensation patterns built around them
- Load-bearing injuries from years of carrying weight, and what the rest of the body did to cope
- Pain in one place that started somewhere else and was never traced
- Straight talk about what chiropractic can and cannot help with
- Referral out when the finding calls for imaging or a medical opinion
Dr. Monet is certified in applied kinesiology, and manual muscle testing lets her assess how your body responds under load, muscle by muscle and joint by joint. On a long history of compensation that is exactly the right question, because the place it hurts and the place that gave way are often years and several joints apart.
Read This First
When To Get Medical Care First
If You Notice Any of These Warning Signs, Please Seek Emergency Room Care Right Away.
- Loss of bowel or bladder control, or numbness through the saddle area or inner thighs
- Weakness in both legs, or weakness that is getting worse day by day
- Clumsiness in the hands or unsteadiness on your feet, which can point at the spinal cord
- Fever alongside spinal pain, or unexplained weight loss
- Pain following a significant fall, collision or other trauma
- New spinal pain with a history of cancer
Those need medical assessment the same day. If you are unsure, call and describe it, and you will be told plainly where to go.
Common Questions
Veterans, Asked And Answered
Are you accepting veterans?
Yes. Chiro Factory is in the VA Community Care Network and is accepting veterans. You need a referral from your VA health care team first.
What exactly do I ask the VA for?
Ask your VA primary care or specialty provider for a referral for chiropractic care to a community provider. Access to VA chiropractic care runs by referral from a VA provider, and the referral has to exist before the appointment is scheduled.
Is chiropractic actually covered?
Chiropractic services are part of the standard Medical Benefits Package available to all eligible veterans, per the VA Chiropractic Program. Where a VA facility has no chiropractor on site, the care is provided through community care, which is how this clinic fits in.
Do I need an authorisation letter?
Yes. Once an appointment is scheduled, the VA sends an authorisation letter and that letter is your approval for community care. The referral and the approval both come before the visit.
How many visits will the VA cover?
That is decided by the VA rather than by this clinic, and any number quoted here would be a guess. Call 817-800-7136 and you will be told what to ask your VA team so you get a real answer.
Can I just walk in with my referral?
No, there are no walk-ins. Call 817-800-7136 with the referral and the appointment gets booked, and the paperwork on this end is handled here rather than left with you.
Sources
Where The Numbers On This Page Come From
- How to get community care referrals and schedule appointments. Department of Veterans Affairs. The requirement for a referral and VA approval before scheduling, and the authorisation letter that follows scheduling.
- VA Chiropractic Program. VA Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Services. Chiropractic services as part of the standard Medical Benefits Package for eligible veterans, access by referral from a VA primary care or specialty provider, and provision through community care where a facility has no on-site chiropractic clinic.
- Eligibility for community care outside VA. Department of Veterans Affairs. Held as the reference for eligibility, which is determined by the VA and not by this clinic.
Call With Your Referral
Call and say you are a veteran with a community care referral, or call before you have one and you will be told exactly what to ask your VA team for.
3825 W Green Oaks Blvd, Suite 710, Arlington, TX 76016. Appointments only.