Women Veterans! Do You Have Health and Benefits Questions? Ask Questions Now!

Unsure of where to direct this but, I am curious why some service-connected conditions, primary and secondary, are connected as "non-compensable" and "this is the highest scheduler evaluation allowed under the law for this condition."

It seems that any diagnosed condition or disorder that is a direct result of service should be compensable under the program's intention.

Thanks for sharing.

I was contacted by someone in the VA, asking me to participate in a Vietnam Era Women Veteran's health study. I agreed and asked to be seen at the Las Vegas VA hospital on 7/25/22. I have no idea where I am supposed to go OR if, indeed, anyone is still interested in my participation. I have asked several of the local VA folks to check and I have not gotten any answers. CAN YOU SORT THIS OUT FOR ME? Thanks - Nancy Atchue, US Army Vietnam Era veteran

I enlisted in 1981 in the delayed entry program to serve three years active duty in the U.S. Army as a trained Combat Medic and Patient Care Specialist, 91B, 91C10. I began basic training in Oct 1981 and advanced to the rank of E-3 while successfully excelling in Class room and on the job training while stationed at Ft. Sam Houston and Fitz Simons Army Medical Center. My first and only permanent party at Ft. Hood proved to be traumatic and disabling, within days of my arrival as a new recruit at 6th Cav HHC 34th Support, I was targeted for relentless sexual harassment and was a victim of two significant military sexual trauma events I reported and sought help up the chain of command. I was criminalized starting April 83, court martialed on fabricated minor alleged entrapment charges and discharged under other than honorable conditions with bad conduct papers. I was misdiagnosed but not ever treated by the ARmy or VA with a Borderline Personality disorder and rediagnosed and treated with dirty bandaids by the VA Health care system from 1995 - present with a confirmed 'Severe and chronic PTSD/MST' diagnosis the VA and DOD claim along with the ARmy I will never be compensated for or properly medically treated for due to the character of discharge that the VA Health cares system actions and inactions in medical negligence and VA administrative fraud! How do I have PTSD diagnosed by the VA Health care system since 1995 - present specifically for Military Sexual trauma but continue to be told by the benefit side that it is not military service connected and/ or the patriarchal sexist discriminatory blatant hostile DOD and ARmed Services and VA and all the Service organizations and government, quasi government and non profits won't help any of the hundreds of thousands of vets like me. Shame on all of you but God forgive us all.

Is there a link that we can place in our calendar for this event? Thank you.

I have recently been diagnose with Polyneuropathy unspecified does the VA recognize this as presumptive agent orange exposure?

Is there a link that we can connect to and put on our calendars for this event? Thank you.

Why is it that I am being charged for Doctors visits and medications for a problem that has taken time to develop in my hands working in the Navy as a Storekeeper from 1976-1997. Having started out without computers and all information was hand written and processed to 1992 it was computer generated. You still had to type and process orders/requisitions by typing as I am right now. I am being told I can't apply cause of my financial status. (WTF). it wasn't my financial status when I was working for the NAVY 24 hours a Day Seven days a week.

Will Infertility treatments ever be offered to women veterans? as of now it is written the veteran must have a service connected disability that caused infertility or the service connection be infertility. when will this expand to 100% service connected vets with no service connection to infertility or to female veterans in the VA healthcare system to receive services such as IUI or IVF or help cover the costs of IVF medications?

Thanks to all for joining us. What changes are happening now within VA that would impact new resources available for women veterans this year?