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Veterans get an education in benefits, services


Staff photo by Terri Richardson Troy Graggs, chief of the business office at the Overton Brooks VA Hospital in Shreveport, helps John Oliver, a Vietnam veteran from Texarkana, Texas, fill out papers needed for Oliver to receive benefits through the VA.
Some area veterans and their families learned about benefits they didn’t know they were eligible for Saturday during annual Veterans Information Fair.

“A lot of this stuff has time limits and they need to know before the time is up,” said Greg Beck, president of the Texarkana Chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America 278 which hosted the event at the Southwest Center in Texarkana, Texas. “When they get out of the service, they have two years to get in the VA system. If they wait, it’s real hard to get in.”

Keeping up with all the changes in the benefits system is a f...
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