Palmer’s Department of Defense/Veteran’s Affair’s (DoD/VA) student rotation opportunities give students the opportunity to serve our nation’s military members and veterans while gaining valuable clinical experience in a multi-disciplinary environment.
![Palmer student adjusting veteran with American flag in background.](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/VA-video-thumbnail.jpg)
Vivian Ly (West, ’18) felt that Palmer prepared her for success by providing an education backed by clinical rotations and preceptorship opportunities such as the one-year VA Connecticut Residency Program.
![Vivian Ly, D.C. (West, '18)](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-vivian-ly-thumbnail.jpg)
New funding allows Palmer to join a study already underway called “Chiropractic Care for Veterans: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial Addressing Dose Effects for cLBP.”
![Instructor guiding student's hand positioning on a patient's upper back.](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/adjustment-hands-on-teaching.jpg)
Interns from the Palmer Chiropractic Clinics in San Jose, under the direction of clinicians Andrew Cohen, D.C., CCSP® (West ’04) and Zach Brantner, D.C. (West ’07), provided care for several dozen of the more than 100 athletes who competed.
![](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Valor-Games-2018-Feature-photo2-tmobt9.jpg)
A new study finds the addition of chiropractic care to usual medical care provides greater relief for low-back pain than usual medical care alone.
![chiropractic adjustment image](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chiro-hands-2-1gwy3c6.jpg)