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Victor_c3

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33. two contacts I found for you
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 09:16 AM
Feb 2014

Troy Townsend, LCSW
OEF/OIF/OND Program Manager
888-353-7574 x7432
907-257-7432

Michael Pascale
OEF/OIF/OND Transition Patient Advocate
888-353-7574 x7435
907-257-7535

These are two contacts that I found for the Anchorage VA (off of their website).

Both of the above numbers I found on the VA website for the patient advocates that mentioned in my previous post. For what is is worth, they are government employees and they work for you. Their main purpose in life is to help answer questions you may have and to make it easier for disabled vets to get what they deserve.

As an aside, I've had a lot of issues off and on with PTSD over the last couple of years and the VA has been a huge savior to me. The patient advocates have helped me out tremendously both in my VA care and in personal matters and even with stuff like helping me locate a job when my PTSD issues lead to me being unemployed for a while. If you have a question or a concern, please don't hesitate to call them. Again, that is their purpose in life and every one of them I've had an interaction with seemed to care about what they were doing.

These people might even know of non government organizations that might be able to assist you and your family as well.

I don't want to delve too deeply into your personal business, but is your daughter rated at 100%? If so, there might be some additional financial assistance you or her spouse could receive as caregivers. I'm not completely sure with what I'm talking about, but it can't hurt to ask the people I listed above.

Anyways, best of luck to you and your family.

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two contacts I found for you Victor_c3 Feb 2014 #33
I live in Juneau and all we have here is a VA Clinic. Anytime I need to go to Anchorage Bandit Feb 2014 #35
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