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Veteran Services officer: 2025 saw steady outreach, rides and rising claims post‑9/11
Summary
Jay Stewart, Stevens County Veteran Services Officer, told the board his 2025 office activity included 72 VetNAM rides, 236 veteran contacts and 174 claims/forms filed; he outlined benefit categories, county VA expenditure figures presented for 2024, and described service delivery challenges including nursing‑home waiting lists and processing backlogs.
Jay Stewart, the Stevens County Veteran Services Officer, presented the office’s 2025 activity to the board and described steady outreach, transportation support and an increase in complex claims tied to recent federal legislation.
Stewart told commissioners the office provided 72 VetNAM rides to regional VA facilities and local hospitals, documented 236 veteran contacts (phone, email, walk‑ins and appointments), and submitted 174 claims and forms covering disability compensation, pensions, burial benefits, education and vocational rehabilitation, memorial markers…
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