Not fighting alone: A Veteran’s journey with VA’s TelePain program February 26, 2026 Kimberly A. Kalista VISN 4 Public Affairs/Outreach Program Manager

https://news.va.gov/145253/not-fighting-alone-journey-telepain-program/ “TelePain led me from silently struggling to shared healing.” For years after leaving the service, Marine Corps Veteran William Anthony Zullo’s body had become a ledger of old battles—more than 20 surgeries, chronic pain in almost every joint and migraines so fierce they could drop him where he stood. On damp, gray mornings in his Philadelphia neighborhood, even the simplest tasks became obstacles that required the same grit he once used while on deployment.