Donna Wurster, who lives in Murphy, receives treatment at the VA in Dallas for extensive nerve damage in both legs, arthritis and a long list of other physical ailments due to her 20 years in the Army and Army Reserves. Wurster said she is nervous that wait times will increase and veterans will be without health care they desperately need.

Former members of the armed services joined friends and family on Friday on the National Mall to protest cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs and mass layoffs of federal workers.

The group outside the Roundhouse wielded signs targeting billionaire Elon Musk, who is leading Trump's Department of Government Efficiency.

Hundreds of veterans took a stand in Augusta Friday against the Trump administration to restore VA funding. It was a part of a nationwide Veterans March initiative that took place in every state capital city across the United States on Friday.

Veterans were among the several thousand protesters who amassed on the National Mall on Friday to rally against the Trump administration's unilateral deep cuts to the federal government, including at the Department of Veterans Affairs.