The University of Missouri School of Law Veterans Clinic, through its Tigers for Troops program, will offer free virtual legal consultations to veterans regarding United States Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) disability benefits, discharge upgrades, and VA healthcare Friday, April 22, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This event will be offered to veterans who are residents of select rural counties across the state of Missouri. Those counties include: Atchison, Caldwell, Carroll, Carter, Chariton, Clark, Dade, Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Henry, Hickory, Holt, Iron, Knox, Maries, Mercer, Monroe, Oregon, Ozark, Putnam, Reynolds, Saint Clair, Schuyler, Scotland, Shannon, Shelby, Sullivan, and Worth.

The Veterans Clinic is partnering with Mizzou Extension to provide meeting spaces for veterans within their local County Extension Office or other designated location in order to provide virtual meeting assistance.

Veterans can register for an appointment at https://bit.ly/StatewideTFT or call Martha Bradley at 573-882-7630. Registration for this event will close on Friday, April 15, at 12:00 p.m. If a veteran cannot secure an appointment or is unavailable on April 22 but would still like information about the clinic or help with one of the above-described issues, please call the number above.

The Veterans Clinic is located in the University of Missouri School of Law. Under the supervision of experienced attorneys, law students help veterans, at no charge, with their claims in front of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Tigers for Troops program was created by the clinic to remedy unmet legal needs of rural veterans in Missouri. Under the program, the clinic partners with Mizzou Extension to travel to rural parts of Missouri to reach veterans without access to veteran’s services.

The Veterans Clinic also assists veterans in receiving discharge upgrades, helps train attorneys to help veterans navigate the VA system, holds annual symposiums highlighting the stories of veterans and developments within veterans’ law, and contributes to amicus briefs and other advocacy projects in support of veterans.

Since the Veterans Clinic’s inception eight years ago, it has secured nearly $10 million in benefits for veterans in Missouri and has helped more than 700 veterans.