Press release from the WNC VA Health Care System:
The Western North Carolina VA Health Care System is partnering with Vietnam Veterans of America and the North Carolina State Council to bring a Toxic Exposure/PACT Act Veterans Town Hall to Asheville. The VBA and VHA will have staff on hand to help Veterans sign up for healthcare benefits, file disability claims and complete toxic exposure screenings.
The event will be held Saturday, April 1, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the AB Tech Asheville Conference Center at 16 Fernihurst Drive, Asheville, North Carolina.
Presentations will include “Understanding the health effects of military toxic exposure” and “PACT Act Disability Benefits.”
Veterans and their families are encouraged to attend. Western North Carolina VA Health Care System and Veterans Benefits Administration and other organizations will have tables manned at the event to answer questions Veterans may have about changes occurring under the PACT Act.
Directions to the A-B Tech Community College, Conference Center:
Interstate 40 E & W Exit 50 follow signs to A-B Tech heading to Biltmore Ave.
Interstate 26 East from TN. to I-240 West to Exit 3B, follow signs to A-B Tech heading to Biltmore Ave.
Interstate 26 West from SC to 40 East, Exit 50 follow signs to A-B Tech heading to Biltmore Ave.
Coming off of Biltmore Ave: Turn RIGHT (if headed south) or LEFT (if headed north) onto Hospital Drive
At the first light, make a LEFT onto Victoria Road
Go straight through the 2 traffic lights at the top of the hill (Mission Hospital entrance on the left)
Go past the A-B Tech signs for Roberson Building (on right), Hemlock Building (on right) and Smith McDowell House (on right)
Just past the Smith McDowell House, make a RIGHT, at the traffic light, onto Fernihurst Drive
Go up the hill and the Conference Center will be in front of you
Go past the Conference Center and park either in the parking garage or the lot adjacent to the entrance of the garage
Exit the parking garage on the Conference Center side, or walk up from the lot between the Conference Center and the parking garage (go towards the red sign for A-B Tech Police).
Under the covered walkaway are 2 double doors; enter the doors on the right
Coming off of Meadow Road: Turn LEFT onto Victoria Road, just over the railroad bridge.
Once you are on campus, make the 4th LEFT, onto Fernihurst Drive.
Go up the hill and the Conference Center will be in front of you.
Go past the Conference Center and park either in the parking garage or the lot adjacent to the entrance of the garage
Exit the parking garage on the Conference Center side, or walk up from the lot between the Conference Center and the parking garage (go towards the red sign for A-B Tech Police
Under the covered walkaway are 2 double doors; enter the doors on the right
Mission Health/A-B Tech Conference Center 16 Fernihurst Drive, Asheville, NC, Conference Center Information: (828) 398-7901
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