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I would like to know, why the VA does not carry women sized braces? I had a broken toe earlier this year. The smallest size of a surgical boot Loma Linda had was a men's medium, which was 1 1/2" too long. While talking to an Army medic about it, he remarked that another female of his aquaintence had called him earlier in the day, trying to obtain a leg brace in Oklahoma, because the VA there did not have women's sizes either. Also, when registering with RallyPoint, it does not have the designator for most female officer from my era, 1100-General Unrestricted Officer (GURL). Way to go, having a forum for women vets that doesn't recognize a significant segment of the women veterans! I fudged with 111x, which I am NOT.
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Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Women in the Military Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
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Wow... So you’re angry at the VA, the first 80% of your story, then you blame “us” the RP community for it. Then, rather than contacting the admins to get your rating recognized, you accuse them of systemically shutting out women because they don’t have every rank and rating from every era of every service?
This is not the VA, and if you’re angry with them, you should address that with them. This is a non governmental website run by volunteer service members and veterans. They’re not making money off of moderating or helping connect people with questions to people with answers. If there is something you see that could be made better, then be the change you want to see and make things better.
This is not the VA, and if you’re angry with them, you should address that with them. This is a non governmental website run by volunteer service members and veterans. They’re not making money off of moderating or helping connect people with questions to people with answers. If there is something you see that could be made better, then be the change you want to see and make things better.
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Did you ask them to order one? I am sure that like life all VAs are a little different because people are different. I would ask them to prefer and go see the COS. When I first moved to the area I am in I had two issues, seemingly unresolveable. The COS listened and got the situations righted.
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Because for decades the VA wasn't used to the influx of female veterans that it's had in the last 19 years - that's the bottom line.
Look at the equipment we get issued like body armor and for years it wasn't built for the female body. A lot of things in society ignore that females are built differently.
I don't know about the Rally Point thing but that's something you need to take up with the admins. It may be that they just aren't aware of that designator when they built the page. A simple polite request to see if they can add it would have likely sufficed. They likely didn't do it on purpose.
Look at the equipment we get issued like body armor and for years it wasn't built for the female body. A lot of things in society ignore that females are built differently.
I don't know about the Rally Point thing but that's something you need to take up with the admins. It may be that they just aren't aware of that designator when they built the page. A simple polite request to see if they can add it would have likely sufficed. They likely didn't do it on purpose.
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