SANDPOINT — Military service veterans in Bonner County don’t have to navigate the sea of red tape on their own when sorting through Veterans Affairs issues.

“I have a hard-earned passion for what these guys are going through,” said Chad Osborn, a retired law officer and former U.S. Marine Corps gunnery sergeant who staffs the county’s Veterans Service Office.

Osborn, himself a disabled veteran, negotiated through his VA matters on his own, unaware that there was somebody out there who could help guide him the VA bureaucracy.

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