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VA Says: PTSD Victims No Longer Need to Prove Trauma
Posted at 09:56 PM on Monday, February 18, 2008 by Wisconsin VFW News
(Story by Kelly Kennedy in the Air Force Times)
The Veterans Affairs Department has dumped a policy requiring combat vets to verify in writing that they have witnessed or experienced a traumatic event before filing a claim for post-traumatic stress disorder, said the chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee.
“This change provides a fairer process for veterans with service-connected PTSD,” Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, said in a written statement. It “leaves claim adjudicators more time to devote to reducing the staggering backlog of veterans’ claims."
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