TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran says he’s received complaints from veterans that they’re not being given appointments at US Veterans Affairs facilities.

Moran said Friday after a short tour of the Colmery-O’Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka that his office received about a dozen complaints over the past six months from veterans who have called for medical appointments in Kansas and have been told to call back in six months.

Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins said her office has received multiple complaints from veterans of having appointments changed a few days before they were scheduled.

Jenkins also was on the tour.

Their visit comes amid scrutiny of VA facilities across the nation. A local VA spokesman says he’s not heard of veterans being denied appointments and being told to call back months later.

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran and congresswoman Lynn Jenkins plan to tour the Veterans Affairs medical center in Topeka and meet patients.

The Friday visit to the Colmery-O’Neil Medical Center comes days after the VA released an audit showing that more than 57,000 veterans nationwide have had to wait at least three months for initial appointments.

Also, the VA medical center in Wichita acknowledged having an unauthorized list of 385 patients who were waiting to get into a program that provides services to veterans in their homes. But the center’s director said none of them were harmed by being placed on the list.

The Topeka VA medical center is in Jenkins’ congressional district. Moran serves on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee.