BY MIKE FITZGERALD
More than 30 veterans and family members gathered late Tuesday afternoon for a âVeterans Town Hallâ meeting sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs at Lindenwood Universityâs auditorium, 2600 W. Main St, to discuss recent health care reforms, answer questions and hear feedback.
Most of the questions centered on problems individual veterans were experiencing in getting disability applications approved or clearing up problems with their service records.
Gary Raymond, 63, a combat medic during the Vietnam War, discovered he was suffering from Hepatitis C about 10
years ago, and still is suffering from a back injury acquired from a parachute training drop. His injuries and illness have made him too sick to work, Raymond told a panel of 
executives from the VA regional office in St. Louis.
Problem is, his VA records fail to document his injury or his hospital stay at Fort Bragg, N.C. To make matters worse, Raymond said he received a VA letter dismissing his claims.
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