By David Olinger
Veterans in the San Luis Valley have been driving hundreds of miles for doctor appointments for five months despite a congressional plea to the Department of Veterans Affairs secretary to help them.
The only doctor at the VA clinic in Alamosa departed in April, and the agency has been unable to fill the vacancy.
A spokesman said the VA has been providing telehealth services and sending doctors part-time from other clinics while it searches for a permanent replacement.
But the leader of a local veterans group questioned whether VA doctors have been coming 
to Alamosa. “No one has reported seeing an actual doctor. We have only seen nurses,” said Richard Nagley, a disabled Vietnam War veteran.
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