Military Mondays are set to resume in University Park, Pennsylvania.
The Penn State Law Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic is set to restart the program on April 12, according to a university release.
From 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the second Monday of every month, the Veterans Clinic will offer free legal consultations to veterans and service members at the Starbucks store located at 232 W. College Ave. in State College.
The outreach service is part of Starbucks' national Military Mondays Program. Starbucks has been sponsoring the Military Mondays Program in stores across the nation since 2015.
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“The Veterans Clinic has expertise in appealing disability compensation, pension and education benefits claims before the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,” the release states.
Veterans and service members can make appointments to discuss VA claims or appeals. Penn State Law students will counsel attendees under the supervision of Michele Vollmer, clinic director and clinical professor of law.
After providing counseling during one-hour appointments, the Veterans Clinic will transfer appropriate VA claims or appeals to its caseload and assist those with VA claims or appeals it cannot accept in finding other legal representation.
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Veterans and service members interested in participating in the Veterans Clinic’s Military Mondays program can sign up for an appointment online. The Veterans Clinic is currently taking appointments for April 12, May 10 and June 14.
Despite the ongoing pandemic, students have continued to meet with clients remotely and work on their appeals to obtain benefits. This semester, a clinic student helped a Gulf War veteran to obtain a 100% disability rating and a Pennsylvania National Guard member to increase his disability rating to 90%.
Another student has been helping a Vietnam veteran with assessing whether to appeal several disability claims, according to the release.
For more information on the Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic, visit its website.
Reach Julia LeDoux at Julia@connectingvets.com.
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