Col. Brett Watterson who currently has Parkinson’s Disease, and spoke to us on April 25 about how he served in Vietnam and got Parkinson’s from Agent Orange.
A veterans resource fair was held in at the Liberty Community Plaza in Whittier on Monday, April 25 and it covered veterans employment, housing services, physical and mental health. Medical experts from the Long Beach VA Medical Center were there and some spoke. The event is part of Supervisor Janice Hahn’s Veterans with Parkinson’s Awareness Month in April.
The event was put on by Hahn, who was one of the speakers there. The other speakers who were in attendance there were: Stephanie Stone who is now the Acting Director of Military and Veterans Affairs at Bob Hope Patriotic Hall, and Col. Brett Watterson who currently has Parkinson’s Disease, and spoke to us about how he served in Vietnam and got Parkinson’s from Agent Orange. The other speaker was Bernice Detig who is Development Director for The Parkinson’s Foundation of Los Angeles.
According to the Parkinson’s Foundation, there are an estimated 110,000 veterans receiving care from the VA for Parkinson’s.
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