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Commenter urges Jefferson County to follow up on VA briefing about county role in veterans benefits
Summary
Ed Bowen told commissioners he attended a briefing by VA Secretary Collins about veterans benefits and encouraged the county to pursue county-level engagement to help residents access medical care and service-connected benefits.
Ed Bowen of West Jefferson told the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners on March 10 that he attended a briefing by Secretary Collins of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and urged county officials to review the material and consider how the county could help veterans access benefits.
Bowen said the briefing discussed opportunities to connect counties with the VA in ways that go beyond payouts and include medical care and broader services. “It is a golden opportunity for not just getting the money in service connected disability claims, but it's actually a way of connecting with the counties to get the actual benefit itself,” Bowen said.
Bowen asked the board to review the briefing material and to consider whether county staff participated; he suggested the commissioners may want to follow up if they did not attend. Commissioners did not take action at the meeting on Bowen’s suggestion, and Bowen said he would follow up in writing.
No formal county commitments or motions were recorded in the transcript.
