Our mission is to assist all discharged members of the United States Armed Forces, the surviving spouses, administrators, executors, conservators, guardians or heirs of any such veterans, or any other persons who may have proper claims. Those receive a proper claim by filing and prosecuting such claims on behalf of such persons for insurance, pensions, compensation, hospitalization, vocational training, education, loans, readjustment allowances, or any other benefits which such persons may be or may become entitled to receive under any of the laws of the United States, the State of Colorado or any other state by reason of such service.
Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall
Colorado State University - Pueblo is scheduled to host the Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall September 30 - October 3, 2010. Other exhibits will be displayed at the four day event.
CSU-Pueblo Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall
READJUSTMENT COUNSELING SERVICES BEING OFFERED
The Veterans Administration is offering readjustment counseling through its mobile counseling centers and will be in our area beginning November 5, 2009. Elgibility for service is open to all combat veterans (any war or conflict) and any veteran who has experienced sexual trauma or harassment during their military career. Counseling is also available to family members if the veteran lives with them and is being seen at the mobile center. This includes spouses, girlfriends/boyfriends or parents. Bereavement counseling is also available for parents, spouses and children of armed forces personnel who died while on active duty (this includes Reservists and National Guardsman).
The mobile coach will be located in the parking lot of 3239 Independence Road, Cañon City, Colorado between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., on the following days.
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For more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Betty Hanawalt at 719-276-7400.
Important Information from Office of Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Washington D.C., February 2009
USMC is encouraging all those who resided at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, between 1957-1987 to register at www.marines.mil/clsurvey to receive updated information and notifications regarding the ongoing water study. If you know of any family members or friends who were at Camp Lejeune during this period, please encourage them to register. Marine Corps is reaching out to other government agencies in an attempt to reach Marines, civilians and family members who resided at Camp Lejeune.
VA Secretary Establishes ALS as Presumptive Compensable Illness
ALS (Lou Gehrigs Disease) will become a presumptively compensable illness for ALL veterans with 90 days or more of continuously active service in the military. ANY Veteran who has ALS, including those whose claims for ALS were previously denied, should contact the VA immediately.
ARE YOU A VETERAN? DO YOU KNOW A VETERAN?
- Do you know a widow/widower?
- Have you reached retirement age and do not have insurance?
- Are you or do you know a Veteran that served in the Republic of Vietnam? It is presumed that this person was exposed to Agent Orange.
- Are you a diabetic? Do you have cancer? Did you serve in the Republic of Vietnam or Desert Storm?
- Are you a Veteran needing assitance with prescriptions?
- Do you know or live with a Veteran who is showing PTSD or having anxiety attacks?
The VET Center is available FREE OF CHARGE for these needs.
- If you are receiving Veterans Compensation, have you thought about an increase?
- Are you aware that Veterans and dependents are entitled to a Burial Plot together?
- Do you know that the VA furnishes headstones all the way back to the Civil War FREE OF CHARGE?
- Do you kow what Aid and Attendance is?
- Have you mislaid your discharge Papers? Your Discharge Papers are the gateway to medical and future entitlements.
Don't wait until it's too late for assistance. Contact your local Veterans Officer.
Betty Hanawalt
Fremont County
Veterans Service Officer
276-7400