The United States Department of Veterans Affairs sends this information as posted below:
WHAT: “Your Service. Our Mission: Bringing VA Benefits Home”: VA and Clinton Indian Hospital Hosts a PACT Act Presumptive Disability Claims Event
Disability Presumptive Claims Event – August 21, 2025, 0900-1500
- Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs Service Officers and other knowledgeable advocates will assist completing VA claim paperwork.
- Muskogee VA Regional Office staff will review and assist in completing VA disability/pension claims. In addition, spouses and widows/widowers may be eligible for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) when a Veteran dies as a result of these presumptive disabilities.
- Oklahoma City VA Health Care System employees will enroll Veterans not currently enrolled in VA health care. As part of the PACT Act process, Veterans can also complete toxic health screenings by VA clinicians and apply for/renew VA ID Cards
- Assistance will also be available from local VA Vet Centers, VA suicide prevention, women’ health and homeless program staff.
WHEN: Thursday, August 21, 2024, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
WHERE: Disability Presumptive Claims Event:
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribe’ Emergency Response Center, 2015 Dogpatch Road, Clinton, OK 73601
Event is free. Lunch will be provided.
WHO: If you served in the military in any capacity and are unsure if you qualify, you are encouraged to come to the event and ask questions and allow VA staff to research for you.
- All Veterans and their spouses/widows/widowers
HOW: If available, Veterans are asked to bring the following documents:
- Medical records/medical evidence (e.g., doctor or hospital reports)
- Any documents that provide historical or military information needed for the disability you are claiming
- Discharge or separation papers (DD 214 or equivalent)
- Widows are asked to bring dependent records (e.g., marriage certificate, death certificate, children birth certificates),
BACKGROUND:
Clinton Indian Hospital and VA are hosting a VA Disability Presumptive Disability Claims Event.
Collaborating with over 30 tribal communities, VA rolled out PACT Act Disability Presumptive Claims events for Indian Country Veterans. The campaign, titled “Your Service. Our Mission: Bringing Benefits Home,” originally kicked off February 2024 with several Tribal communities in several states. Because of the passed PACT Act Legislation in 2022 adding new toxin exposure health related presumptive conditions, local VA medical center staff are on site to provide toxin health screenings for Veterans, working closely with VA benefits counselors during the claims process.
“With the focus on Veterans with presumptive disabilities and those who are pension eligible, VA is hopeful we can help Indian Country Veterans access the full range of benefits they have courageously earned through their service,” said Mary Culley, VA’s Office of Tribal Government Relations. “VA realizes this initiative can have a direct, tangible impact on the lives of thousands of previously unreached Veterans and their spouses.”
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