A Texas veteran who faced an uphill when looking for coverage for his living donor through the Veterans Choice Program led the effort to change a system flaw to help others.
announced it would begin covering the medical costs for living donors to qualifying veterans who need transplants.
In 2016, when Nelson needed a second transplant, he wanted to stay in his community at Audie Murphy VA and University Health System. “You’re dealing with, you know, the VA paperwork, the bureaucracy, your family, your health dialysis every other day. So it was extremely frustrating,” Nelson said.After about a year, his journey started to become a voice for veterans, and he worked to change the flaw in the policy.
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