Petitions seeking locally based care for veterans to VA office in Washington

Rep. Frank LoBiondo to deliver stack of petitions seeking locally based care for veterans to VA office in Washington

By ROB SPAHR Staff Writer
SOMERS POINT - Leigh Hartshorn Jr. must still wear a bandage on his right leg from a fragment wound he suffered in the Vietnam War. The 63-year-old Northfield resident needs the assistance of a cane to walk, but once a week he is forced to make the long trek to Wilmington, Del., for wound care treatments.

Wilmington and Philadelphia are the closest places that Hartshorn - and thousands of other South Jersey veterans - can receive significant medical treatments through the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Yet the VA has repeatedly insisted that there is "no need" for more substantial health care services for veterans in the region.

Hartshorn called that "frustrating," considering he was injured fighting for his country.

"You just have to make the best of it," he said.
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Petitions seeking locally based care for veterans to VA office in Washington