Posted on Nov 21, 2023
Transgender vets threaten to sue VA over delay in surgery options
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Transgender vets threaten to sue VA over delay in surgery options
By Leo Shane III
Nov 21, 12:12 PM
A protester holds up a transgender price flag during a rally in Atlanta. (Robin Rayne/AP)
Veterans advocates are threatening legal action to force Veterans Affairs officials to provide gender-confirmation surgery options to patients, a promise made by department leaders more than two years ago.
In a letter to VA attorneys sent Monday, members of the Transgender American Veterans Association and Yale Law School Veterans Legal Services Clinic said the move may be necessary given the slow pace of work on the issue within the department. The groups said they want VA to unveil a formal rulemaking plan detailing when they will begin providing the surgeries.
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Transgender vets threaten to sue VA over delay in surgery options
By Leo Shane III
Nov 21, 12:12 PM
A protester holds up a transgender price flag during a rally in Atlanta. (Robin Rayne/AP)
Veterans advocates are threatening legal action to force Veterans Affairs officials to provide gender-confirmation surgery options to patients, a promise made by department leaders more than two years ago.
In a letter to VA attorneys sent Monday, members of the Transgender American Veterans Association and Yale Law School Veterans Legal Services Clinic said the move may be necessary given the slow pace of work on the issue within the department. The groups said they want VA to unveil a formal rulemaking plan detailing when they will begin providing the surgeries.
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Transgender vets threaten to sue VA over delay in surgery options
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Let'm sue - if they win then maybe I can find a lawyer willing to file suite for my wife not being given any VA assessment "because she wasn't a combat veteran" and was only injured in peacetime... yeah I'm a lit' bit unhappy about that issue.
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SFC Ralph E Kelley - I checked with my Exc. Director of our Women's Veterans group who works with the DAV. So...
First off you do not have to be a Combat Vet to qualify for VA care and whomever said that is flat out ignorant and needs a swift kick in the ass. Pardon my French as I can be the Mama Grizzly Bear from Hell on steroids and I'm the weak one of our Women's Veteran Group.
1. Have her call your local DAV. Make an appointment. Don't forget your DD214 when you go in.
2. Have her tell them about her health care while in service like reproductive, injuries, trauma and such. I mean every single thing and how it impacts her health now so a claim can be worked up and filed. You know as well as I do that no one coming out of basic especially back then when we ran in Combat Boots didn't t experience problems with feet, knees or back.
First off you do not have to be a Combat Vet to qualify for VA care and whomever said that is flat out ignorant and needs a swift kick in the ass. Pardon my French as I can be the Mama Grizzly Bear from Hell on steroids and I'm the weak one of our Women's Veteran Group.
1. Have her call your local DAV. Make an appointment. Don't forget your DD214 when you go in.
2. Have her tell them about her health care while in service like reproductive, injuries, trauma and such. I mean every single thing and how it impacts her health now so a claim can be worked up and filed. You know as well as I do that no one coming out of basic especially back then when we ran in Combat Boots didn't t experience problems with feet, knees or back.
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SFC Ralph E Kelley If there is anything our ED can do let me know. She is more than willing to reach out to any female vet.
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VA is delay delay delay until something hits the news.. think about how long it took to acknowledge the use of agent Orange caused significant problems and now the PACT addressing symptoms that have already killed those who served. I think how long I waited, I expected to be dead by now and have a trip there and back a few times but today I opened my eyes and I realized that lots of choices have nothing to do with me and who am I to judge? Do all lives matter or simply those that match the beliefs of the majority?
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