Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders System of Care

Recently injured

After a new spinal cord injury, an early and important step is called acute rehabilitation. During this stage in your recovery, you will work with your multidisciplinary medical team to regain as much lost function as possible and adapt to the changes resulting from your injury.

If you are a Veteran with a spinal cord injury or disorder (SCI/D), it’s important to realize that you can transfer your care into VA at any time. Even if you’ve already completed acute rehabilitation at a non-VA facility, you can transfer your care to VA. We have a comprehensive program of rehabilitation and ongoing SCI/D care that may not have the same out-of-pocket expenses of regular health insurance.

For more information about receiving care for a new spinal cord injury in VA, please contact one of VA’s 24 CARF accredited Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders Centers. If you’re a healthcare provider, please visit our referral page for more information.

VA SCI/D rehabilitation facilities that serve recently injured Veterans

California Long Beach SCI/D Center Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center 5901 E. 7th St. Long Beach, CA 90822 (562) 826-5701
Palo Alto SCI/D Center Palo Alto VA Medical Center 3801 Miranda Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94304 (650) 493-5000, ext. 65871
Jennifer Moreno VA Medical Center 3350 La Jolla Village Drive San Diego, CA 92161 (858) 642-3117
Colorado Aurora SCI/D Center Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center 1700 N Wheeling St Aurora, CO 80045 (720) 723-3300
Florida Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center 1201 NW 16th St. Miami, FL 33125 (305) 575-3174
Tampa SCI/D Center James A. Haley VA Medical Center 13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. Tampa, FL 33612 (813) 972-2000, ext. 7517 Outpatient Clinic: (813) 972-2000, ext. 7670 or toll free 888-716-7787 ext. 7670
Georgia Augusta SCI/D Center Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center One Freedom Way Augusta, GA 30904 (706) 733-0188, ext. 3043 (office) or 3711 (clinic)
Illinois Hines SCI/D Center Edward Hines Junior VA Hospital 5th & Roosevelt Rd. PO Box 5000-5128 Hines, IL 60141 (708) 202-2241 (SCI Main) (708) 202-2017 (Clinic)
Massachusetts Boston SCI/D Center West Roxbury VA Medical Center 1400 VFW Parkway West Roxbury, MA 02132 SCI Administrative Office: 857-203-5128 SCI Outpatient Clinic: 857-203-6455
Minnesota Minneapolis SCI/D Center Minneapolis VA Medical Center One Veterans Drive Minneapolis, MN 55417 (612) 629-7005
Missouri John J. Cochran Veterans Hospital 1 Jefferson Barracks Dr. St Louis, MO 63125 (314) 894-6677
New Jersey East Orange VA Medical Center 385 Tremont Ave. East Orange, NJ 07018 (973) 676-1000, ext. 13095
New Mexico Raymond G Murphy VA Medical Center 1501 San Pedro SE Albuquerque, NM 87108 (505) 256-2849
New York Bronx SCI/D Center James J. Peters VA Medical Center 130 West Kingsbridge Rd Bronx, NY 10468 (718) 584-9000, ext. 5405
Syracuse VA Medical Center 800 Irving Ave. Syracuse, NY (315) 425-2682
Ohio Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center 10701 East Blvd. Cleveland, Ohio 44106 (216) 791-3800 ext. 64249
Tennessee Lt. Col. Luke Weathers, Jr. VA Medical Center 1030 Jefferson Ave. Memphis, TN 38104 (901) 577-7373
Texas Dallas VA Medical Center 4500 South Lancaster Rd Dallas, TX 75216 (214) 857-1757
Houston SCI/D Center Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center 2002 Holcombe Blvd. Houston, TX 77030 SCI Outpatient Clinic: (713) 794-7057 SCI Main: (713) 794-7128
Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans' Hospital 7400 Merton Minter Blvd. San Antonio, TX 78229 (210) 617-6414 SCI (Clerk) or (210) 617-5300 ext. 16830
Virginia Richmond SCI/D Center Richmond VA Medical Center 1201 Broad Rock Blvd. Richmond, VA 23249 (804) 675-5000, ext. 5128
Washington Seattle SCI/D Center Seattle VA Medical Center 1660 South Columbian Way Seattle, WA 98108 (206) 764-2332
Wisconsin Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center 5000 W. National Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53295 (414) 384-2000 ext. 41230
Puerto Rico San Juan VA Medical Center #10 Casia Street San Juan, PR 00921 (787) 641-7582 Direct SCI/D Service: (787) 641-3692 (800) 449-8729