Veterans express frustration at, VA town hall [Video]

Columbia Veterans Affairs officials held a town hall in Greenville on Tuesday, with veterans and family members expressing frustration, mostly with scheduling appointments. “It’s horrible getting into the scheduling department. It’s almost impossible,” said one veteran.”You get discouraged so you just quit,” said another veteran. “No don’t quit. We’re going to figure this out,” a VA official responded. Challenges in scheduling appointments are making vets lose hope. Cay Blaylock is married to a veteran. She says her husband suffered a traumatic brain injury in a crash last year.”I was in that hospital with my husband not knowing my name not knowing that we had children and removing his hardware and I didn’t know our options,” she said.Even though health professionals said he needed immediate mental health help, the VA had limited appointments. “A three-month wait for an appointment. I didn’t know at the time that because of the mission act, …