{"id":24974,"date":"2025-10-01T08:30:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T12:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24974"},"modified":"2025-10-01T08:30:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T12:30:42","slug":"va-driver-rehabilitation-programs-restore-independence-for-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24974","title":{"rendered":"VA driver rehabilitation programs restore independence for Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran Trivero Wilson, the road to recovery meant more than medical care\u2014it meant regaining the ability to drive. Paralyzed from the chest down after a 2005 combat injury, Wilson worked with specialists at James A. Haley Veterans\u2019 Hospital in Tampa, Florida, to train on adaptive driving systems through VA\u2019s Driver Rehabilitation Program.  Continue reading<a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/143005\/driver-rehabilitation-restore-independence\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/143005\/driver-rehabilitation-restore-independence\/\"> here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 225px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) For Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran Trivero Wilson, the road to recovery meant more than medical care\u2014it meant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1924,87,245],"class_list":["post-24974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-veterans-benefits","tag-vas-driver-rehabilitation-programs","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24974"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24975,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24974\/revisions\/24975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}