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Pictured from left are Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) Chairwoman Laura Koerner, Health Care Advocate Sean Lewis, Executive Director Tom Palladino and TVC Commissioner Chuck Wright. TVC Health Care Advocate and Army veteran Sean Lewis successfully resolved 468 VA health care issues for veterans with positive results in the past year.

TVC’s Health Care Advocacy Department (HCAD) reports an increase in veterans contacting them for assistance with VA Community Care. Through that program, veterans receive care from third party providers when the VA cannot provide the care needed. A recent example comes from a Lufkin area veteran connecting with TVC Health Care

TVC Health Care Advocate Shonda Roy in Beaumont got a “High 5” in the Houston VA newsletter for the caring assistance she provided a veteran’s surviving spouse. The VA Houston High Fives newsletter stated “Shonda did an exceptional job helping a grieving spouse trying to obtain the Veteran’s DD 214,

During Fiscal Year 2021-2022, from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2022, the Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) Health Care Advocacy Department (HCAD) closed over 11,300 cases in which a veteran came to them with a medical issue and HCAD resolved it or connected the veteran with a “warm handoff” to