Physical Address: 25 W. Main Street, New Bloomfield PA 17068

Telephone: 717-582-5133

Hours: Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

“Due to limited staffing, APPOINTMENTS ARE NECESSARY“.

Director: Jim Scott
Email: jscott@perryco.org

NOTICE:  New Veterans Crisis Line phone number.  Effective July 16, 2022 the Department of Veterans Affairs has made it more user friendly to access the Veterans Crisis Line.  Veterans have the option to Dial 988 then Press 1 to connect with caring, qualified responders for 24/7 crisis support.

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“Homeland Hospice is sponsoring a History Heart & Honor, 15th anniversary event honoring Veterans, hospice patients and families on November 23, 2024.  Keni Thomas, a decorated veteran-turned-country singer-songwriter will be headlining the celebration.

Kenneth Mervyn Thomas (born July 1, 1965) is an American country music singer and former United States Army Ranger. Thomas was deployed in support of Operation Restore Hope as a member of Task Force Ranger in Somalia, and served in the Battle of Mogadishu.”

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All WWII Veterans are now eligible for no-cost VA Health Care and Nursing Home Services.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 10, 2023

https://news.va.gov/press-room/all-wwii-veterans-are-now-eligible-for-no-cost-va-health-care-and-nursing-home-services/

“Attention:  National Guard or Reserve.”  If you are a parent being deployed, Milton S. Hershey School may be an option for your child(ren).  Click on the link below to see the flyer.

Milton S Hershey School

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Camp Lejeune:
Disability compensation VA recently proposed a rule to create presumptive service connection for Veterans, Reservists, and National Guard members exposed to contaminants in the water supply at Camp Lejeune from August 1, 1953 through December 31, 1987 who later developed one of the following eight diseases:
Adult leukemia
Aplastic anemia and other myelodysplastic syndromes
Bladder cancer
Kidney cancer
Liver cancer
Multiple myeloma
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Parkinson’s disease
Presently, these conditions are the only ones for which there is sufficient scientific and medical evidence to support the creation of presumptions; however, VA will continue to review relevant information as it becomes available. Veterans who are experiencing other health conditions that they think may be related to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune are encouraged to contact their primary care provider and to file a claim. VA reviews and decides disability compensation claims on a case-by-case basis. –
See more at: http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/camp-lejeune/#sthash.ZA1frcoV.dpuf

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Flag Retirement Box Available!

The County of Perry now has flag retirement receptacle available in the lobby of the Veterans Memorial Building – 25 W. Main Street, New Bloomfield PA 17068.  Please feel free to bring in your American flag that is no longer a fitting emblem of display and it will be properly disposed of.

If you are enrolled in the VA Medical Benefits and require Emergency Medical/Room treatment outside the VA, for VA to pay those medical costs, you must contact Lebanon VAMC within 48 hours and request payment through fee Basis. Failure to contact Lebanon VAMC within the 48 hours may be reason for a denial for payment by the VA of any of the costs for your treatment.