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Article: Just ask an NSO! In depth training prepares service officers to deals with myriad issues concerning healthcare and benefits.(national service officers )
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- Paraplegia News
- Article date:
- August 1, 2009
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Paralyzed Veterans of
America (PVA) employs 80 professional national service officers (NSO) to serve more than 30,000 clients across the country through a network of 69 national service offices. While most of these NSOs are stationed at VA Regional Offices, over 20 are permanently located in VA medical centers (VAMCs) in order to be more accessible to those we serve. (See map in this article, and the PVA Service Office Roster, p. 37).
NSOs are recruited from the ranks of fellow veterans. All PVA NSOs are veterans, and most--if not all--have some type of disability. Approximately 20 are PVA members. When an NSO is recruited, he
or she is ...