Parmele Disability Advocates, LLC.

10/30/2025

Tomorrow is a favorite day here at Parmele Disability Advocates and you get to be the decision maker.

Friday, October 31, our team will don their very best Halloween costume and you get to vote to determine our winners. Be sure to cast your vote in the comment section for the best costume in the following categories: scariest, most original and funniest. Winners will be announced at the end of the workday on Friday.

10/29/2025

10/29/2025

Breakfast plans this Friday?

Enjoy some delicious pancakes while supporting the fight to end domestic abuse. This come and go breakfast fundraiser is an easy way to tell others that you stand against domestic abuse.

If you or your organization would like to become more involved in this endeavor, visit https://www.myharmonyhouse.org/icare/

10/28/2025

Attention Veterans: November 5-10, various military organizations in the Branson area are joining together and hosting Homecoming Week. Parmele is honored to sponsor this event and our very own James Pavisian and Blake Leitch will be sitting on two discussion panels as well as hosting a booth.

Attached is a schedule of activities for the week. We would love to have you stop by our booth and introduce yourself.

10/27/2025

There's still time to RSVP for our Veteran Resource Lunch being held this Wednesday, October 29, from 11am to 1pm. We will meet in the Frisco Room at the Library Station on North Kansas Expressway.

Join us for free Chick-fila, visit with available resources and build community and camaraderie with others.

RSVP today by calling or texting 573-418-7426 or email shaniqua.owens@dhewd.mo.gov. We can't wait to see you.

10/24/2025

If you are a veteran or know a veteran who would benefit from learning about available resources, please share this invite with them.

Resource organizations participating include VA Homeless Liaison, Home at Last, Wellness for Warriors, Congressman Burlison, Senator Eric Schmitt, Missouri Job Center, Parmele Disability Advocates, K-9 for Camo, Hey Man You Good, VFW Post 3404 and others.

RSVP today by calling or text 573-418-7426 or email Shaniqua.Owens@dhewd.mo.gov

10/23/2025

Veterans Resource Fair Oct 29 11am-1pm Springfield Library Station N. Kansas Expressway. Free Chick-fil-A
Eric Burlison
Reserve Component Transition Assistance Advisor Program
Veterans Upward Bound
Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development
K9s For Camo
Eric Schmitt
Springfield-Greene County Health
Veterans of Foreign Wars VFW

10/23/2025

BENEFIT BASICS #2:

If you have questions about starting a claim or appealing a denied claim, your next best step should be to contact PDA to schedule a no-cost consultation: 866-815-5244. We will review your situation, answer questions and determine your next best steps.

10/22/2025

Welcome to BENEFIT BASICS, where we answer the very basic questions associated with social security disability, the application process and more.

If you need clarity regarding starting a claim or appealing a denial, call us today at 866-815-5244 to schedule a no-cost consultation. We will review your situation, answer your questions and help you determine your next best steps.

10/21/2025

"Everybody likes to be noticed. Nobody likes to be snubbed, and I know that most of all, everybody likes to be loved."

This was a song I heard as a child and it reminds me how important community and belonging is for everyone. But for a Veteran who has been deployed, returning to civilian life and building community will look different.

Our most recent blog discusses the importance of community for Veterans and how we can support them in this process. You can read this blog here: http://bit.ly/47mNOlH

10/21/2025

If you are a veteran or know a veteran who would benefit from learning about available resources, please share this with them. Did we mention the first 50 Veterans will receive FREE Chick-fila?

Resource organizations participating include VA Homeless Liaison, Home at Last, Wellness for Warriors, Congressman Burlison, Senator Eric Schmitt, Missouri Job Center, Parmele Disability Advocates, K-9 for Camo, Hey Man You Good, VFW Post 3404 and others.

RSVP today by calling or text 573-418-7426 or email Shaniqua.Owens@dhewd.mo.gov

10/20/2025

As of October 1, 2025, the CDC has formally recognized Gulf War illness by issuing a diagnostic code for it. This marks a major shift toward legitimizing a condition long reported by veterans but often dismissed by clinicians. The move is intended to help doctors and researchers better track, diagnose, and treat a range of chronic, unexplained symptoms—including fatigue, joint pain, memory issues, digestive problems, skin rashes, and respiratory issues—that affect perhaps one-third of the ~700,000 U.S. servicemembers deployed in Operation Desert Shield/Storm. Advocates and veteran groups describe the recognition as “long-overdue validation,” arguing that adding the code will improve veterans’ access to care and benefits, enable better clinical awareness and research, and reduce the historical stigma of having symptoms treated as “in their head.”

If you are a veteran who would like appeal a denied claim or increase your disability percentage, contact our specially trained VA team at 866-841-7459. We will review your situation, answer your questions and help determine your next best steps.