If you are anything like me you are constantly looking for anything veteran related. For me, even though I am working on my claims, I also want to know about the other things that affect me as a veteran. Sometimes there are laws that are changed or there are changes in leadership that affect the way the Veterans Administration office works.
In order to stay abreast of the news I do a lot of searching on the internet. The other day I was searching for an independent doctor, in the Atlanta area, to do an exam for me and fillout my DBQ. I haven't located one so if any of you know of one please let me know. So anywhoo, I came across this really great site. Not only did it have excellent information on the importance of getting an outside opinion, but there is also information on just about everything you can think of that has to do with a veteran.
Because I don't like to use any information without permission, I reached out to Jim Strickland, the owner of the site and he gave me a brief history of the site:
"The VAWatchdog site was originally designed, built and published by Larry Scott some eleven years ago. I began working with Larry as an advocate in 2008. Larry passed away about 4 years ago and I inherited the site.
So for over a decade, we've provided credible information to help America's military veterans navigate the onerous VA benefits system. We offer headline aggregation for all things VA as well as being a source of referral to veterans law attorneys, physicians and psychologists who are in tune with the needs of today's vet.
There is no fee for anything available on the site. There is no membership and no registration necessary. We don't ever ask for donations. In fact, you can't find a way to give us money. When I travel to speak, I pay my own way. We're independent like that."
https://www.vawatchdog.org
I urge anyone who has any questions regarding the benefits system to visit this site. You can use the above link. As you can see, Jim does everything from the kindness of his heart. As he says, "You can't find a way to give us money". He also provides great information on national news that affects veterans as well. As we go forward I am going to share more from his site but I encourage each of you to visit it for yourselves. Jim is very responsive to your emails and questions, and in fact, he answered me right back when I reached out to him.
One of the reasons that I started this blog was because as I found out things I wanted to share with others. I believe if we all work together and assist one another that we can make a difference in the lives of other veterans who don't have the same access to information that we do.
As always, thank you for your support. If there is anything that you would like for me to find out more information on please leave me a comment.
TTYL - Be blessed!!
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