 In a move to help disabled veterans in our area, Service Officer Matthew Dillon will be establishing a new Veterans Benefits Assistance Center in downtown Pikeville. For years we've been trying to find a way to help people file for their benefits better because people have trouble finding someone to help them and someone that will sit down with them and take the time to fill out paperwork and get it sent to the VA. While Dillon is enthusiastic to begin an assistance center, he says veterans receiving benefits has been an ongoing problem as many don't know where to turn. I've been taking a service officer training for a couple years just to learn all the paperwork and everything that's involved in it and how to talk with people on issues like filing a claim for benefits and we've tried different types of offices to help veterans and there are different outreach programs out there but there's nothing that's out in the open like that. That's what I wanted this center to be. It's something that they can find very easily, that it says it right on the name, what it's going to be for and they know that they can come here for help. We are Pikeville Medical Center and we are an amazing place to work. Health care heroes of all types work here, all who deserve great rewards. Our heroes are working hard to take care of our patients and visitors. We are taking care of them with top tier benefits, higher pay rates and great sign on bonuses. So join our team today. So what are you waiting for? Apply today. Incredible opportunities await at PMCjobs.org. With the new establishment Dillon says creating a place that veterans can find and use is a blessing. I've been able to help veterans, it's a blessing. My papal was a World War II veteran on my dad's side. He fought in Germany and then my other grandpa on my mother's side was a Navy veteran in World War II and my dad was a veteran. He served right after Vietnam. Then I served from 92 to 96 in the U.S. Army so I come from a long line of veterans and I know what it's like to see veterans go through their lives and not being able to find the help that they need. For Veterans Needing Assistance you can call 6-0-6-454-0251. For Mountaintop News, I'm Joel Hodgeall.