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Union County veterans urge peers to use county Veterans Service Office for claims and benefits
Summary
Veterans at a Union County presentation described how the county Veterans Service Office helped with claims, including establishing service connection for a Parkinson’s diagnosis and assisting with benefits at no charge.
Peter Christ, a retired service member, said Union County’s Veterans Service Office helped him assemble documents and pursue a service-connection claim after a recent medical diagnosis.
"I was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease about 2 and a half years ago," Christ said. He described first enlisting in the Marines in 1995, serving until 1999, then spending about 18 years in the North Carolina Army National Guard. Christ said the county office advised him on what documents he…
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