Vital training for an ever-evolving job – The American Legion

Vital training for an ever-evolving job  The American Legion

In 2024, The American Legion teamed with Bergmann & Moore – one of the largest law firms in the country with a sole focus on veterans’ disability benefit claim appeals – for the partnership’s first Department Service Officer Symposium. American Legion-accredited veteran service officers (VSOs) from across the nation, and world, spent a week getting extensive training from Bergmann & Moore staff, which has provided American Legion service officer training and legal consultation since 2017. Department of Indiana Legion service officer Bryce Hullett attended the first symposium and then returned in 2025 and again this year. He said in the ever-changing world of navigating the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs benefits system, coming back year after year is necessary.

“I’ll never be at the top of my game because we’re always learning,” said Hullett, the Department of Indiana’s Rehabilitation director and a member of Kenneth N. Dowden Wayne Post 64 in Indianapolis. “Every year we learn something new. We get to meet new people. More networking. And everything changes every year. “I may hear from a service officer from another state, ‘This is what we’re doing to make this work.’ It’s a great way that we can learn and I can take back to my staff and coworkers and make it better for them.” The most recent DSO Symposium took