Champaign veteran fighting disability battle with VA

CHAMPAIGN – According to Army doctors, Garrett Anderson has "shrapnel wounds, all over body."

But the Champaign man found out last week from the Department of Veterans Affairs that the wounds "aren't related to your military service."

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