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Military spouse uses AI to help veterans navigate VA benefits

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For many veterans, accessing benefits they have earned can feel almost as difficult as earning them in the first place.Long forms, complicated requirements, confusing websites and lengthy appeals can leave veterans and their families unsure of where to begin or frustrated enough to give up.That challenge is what inspired Calvert County resident Tracy Contrino to create TheClusterFix, an independent nonprofit organization designed to make navigating veterans’ benefits simpler, faster and less intimidating.“The nonprofit provides easy, simple and quick answers for the veteran community as far as accessing benefits,” Contrino said.The idea grew out of Contrino’s own experience as a military spouse. Her husband served in the Army and National Guard for 18 years and is 100% P&T disabled.

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