How can I verify if someone actually served in the military or if they are practicing stolen valor?

SFC Casey O'Mally - letting it go may be the correct thing to do UNLESS the individual is attempting to enter a veteran's group such as American Legion or VFW, etc.
One has to pick the hill on which to stand very carefully.

That wave the white flag approach encourages stolen valor and dishonors the veterans. All that is need for evil men to prevail, is for good men to do nothing. Write Army HRC. It’s a public record.

PO2 Christopher Foss there are 2 forms of stolen valor: illegal act-a false claim for something of benefit AND, the dishonorable aspect-shitting on real troops, vets and heroes, which is a character flaw to be called out.

1SG John Millan

No one is waving a white flag. I am simply advocating there is no need to start a pointless war with absolutely no benefit for the "victor" when no war currently exists.

Some idiot at the bar is saying he was a Command Petty Sergeant in the Delta Force. So what? Are you really going to write to HRC to PROVE he is an idiot?

Also, there is no evil here. Just stupidity.

Unless people are actually being harmed. And note that was the caveat I put up front.

SPC Mark Lawrence - Two things.
1 - As advised by GySgt William Hardy above, you should take the time to get registered with the VA in order to be 'enrolled' in the health care system. You will be assigned a Primary Care Physician (PCP) who will oversee your medical care and make the necessary referrals thereby ensuring you receive 'proper' care.
Understand that there are 8 priority groups for VA healthcare. You must fit into one of those in order to be eligible. Much of the information is available here:
https://www.va.gov/health-care/eligibility/
Be sure to check it out and follow the directions to apply.

Good luck.

SFC Barbara Layman - I have been enrolled in the so-called VA health care system for 38 years. I did not start to use the system until about 15 years ago. That started here at the Boise Va. ALL of my so-called Primary Care Phyicians have not shown ANY interest in ALL of my concerns. ALL either ignore them or outright laugh at them. One even gave me the bums rush out of his office. When that happened, I accepted that I would never get any real medical care from the VA. Thou they are good at prescribing pills to cover over the systems. At my last yearly, my so-called provider asked about the swelling and bister on my legs. I told him about 15 years. He said nothing after that, like it was no big deal. When any of those bister's pop they develop into an ulcer that takes weeks to start to heal. I have to drain them daily. The doctor said NOTHING.

Have you made contact with the Patient Advocate at your location? I have seen, not personal experience, that they can be most influential is resolving care issues.

PO2 Lorraine Corso - - Sorry, but they are all qualified to provide you with services. I have never had a "resident", They have been fully certified doctors or a Physician's Assistant of one type or another. You can even get the provider to be your primary care provider instead of having a civilian doctor.

Give us the deeets!!!!