Released on: Nov. 29, 2012
Taken from the briefing Veterans Benefits Law: Women Veterans; and Don't Ask, Don't Tell, One Year Later recorded November, 2012.
Thousands of veterans have returned home from overseas service in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of whom are women. Women currently comprise 14.5% of the active duty military, and 18% of the National Guard and Reserves. The VA denies female veterans’ disability claims for PTSD at a greater rate than ...