I have had a total of 51 phone calls to my office, and I also had 11 veterans come into my office during the month of November. Veterans are reminded to take their DD-214 to the Recorder’s Office and register it at no cost.
We now have two drivers for our vans. Hallelujah! I also have two other drivers in the process of being certificated in the next month. I am still trying to get our new van released to us. We will have it in our Christmas parade.
If you have purchased a home this calendar year and you also have a VA Claim of 10% or more, you can get a certificate of eligibility disabled veteran tax deduction for your home. Just bring your DD-214 along with a copy of your summary of benefits you currently receive.
Don’t forget that on Dec. 7, 1941, the United States was attacked in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and the next day our country entered World War II.
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The Indianapolis VA Medical Center has transitioned to a new website (www.va.gov/indiana-health-care). The old website address will automatically redirect to the new address. The VA used hundreds of hours of feedback to develop a website that provides everything veterans, families and caregivers need to prepare for a visit, get care and connect with a VA health care team, including directions to VA health care facilities, phone numbers, parking and transportation information, hospital and clinic hours, patient registration, making appointments and refilling prescriptions. The new site includes the Indianapolis VA Medical Center at 1481 W. 10th St., as well as VA community clinics in Brownsburg, Bloomington, Camp Atterbury, Crane, Martinsville, Lafayette, Pike Township YMCA, Shelbyville and Terre Haute.
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Veterans also have an opportunity to be a part of an MRI study for those who have been diagnosed with PTSD and the study is at Purdue University under Profssor Meden F. Isaac Lam. Reach her by email at isaaclam@purdue.edu or call 219-241-2435.
PTSD volunteers will be compensated $100 upon completion of the study. Participants must be diagnosed with PTSD with proof from a clinician and a non-smoker or diagnosed with PTSD with proof from clinician smoking more than one pack per day for more than one year.
Joe Ellis is the Montgomery County Veterans Officer. He can be reached at the Montgomery County Office Building, 110 W. South Blvd., Crawfordsville, IN 47933; by email at joe.ellis@montgomeryco.net; by landline telephone at 361-4133; or by cellphone at 765-401-0432.
