ap

Skip to content

Breaking News

Registered nurse April Branstetter, left, and U.S. Air Force veteran Brianna Brown participate in a video conference Tuesday with representatives at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs  Denver Regional Office. On Tuesday, the VA introduced its new telebenefits program, which allows rural veterans to speak to benefit counselors on issues such as pensions, disability claims, survivor benefits, burial benefits, home loans, education benefits and more.
Registered nurse April Branstetter, left, and U.S. Air Force veteran Brianna Brown participate in a video conference Tuesday with representatives at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Denver Regional Office. On Tuesday, the VA introduced its new telebenefits program, which allows rural veterans to speak to benefit counselors on issues such as pensions, disability claims, survivor benefits, burial benefits, home loans, education benefits and more.
Author
PUBLISHED: | UPDATED:
Getting your player ready...

Thousands of Western Slope veterans aren’t seeking out the health benefits they’re sacrifices entitle them to receive, said April Branstetter, a registered nurse at the Craig Veterans Telehealth Clinic.

On Tuesday, the clinic kicked off a program to help address the issue.

“This might help raise awareness,” said Branstetter, of the new telebenefits program. “We’re trying to get to all these 8,000 veterans that aren’t capturing the services that they need or that they’re entitled to.”

Get more at .

RevContent Feed

More in News