Celebrating Women Veterans

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 14:29:22 -0500

Today, there are more than 1.9 million women Veterans, and more than 600,000 women Veterans receive care at VA each year. At VA, you have access to a wide range of comprehensive health and gender-specific care (https://rly.pt/WomensHealthCare) including fertility services (https://rly.pt/3uJyW0j), mental health care (https://rly.pt/VAWomensMentalHealth), and maternity care (https://rly.pt/VAMaternityCare)

If you are a woman who served our country, you belong at VA. We see the achievements you made, we value your diversity, and we recognize all you have done for our nation and continue to do for your families and communities.

If you have not accessed your VA health care benefits or you haven’t been to a VA recently, we invite you to come give us a try. VA has been caring for women Veterans for 100 years and continues to enhance service offerings to ensure you receive the best care anywhere (https://rly.pt/VAWomensHealthcareVideo)

We invite you to attend the Center for Women Veterans upcoming events:

CWV Women Veterans Fireside Chat Webinar with a Dr. Sally Haskell, MD, MS, Acting Chief Officer, VHA, Office of Women’s Health with a Q&A period to follow on Thursday, March 7, 2024, 12:00 PM ET.

Registration:
https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/weblink/register/r3a50352cacdb4b4d8ba504b66759af11

VBA/OTED Women Veterans Virtual Outreach Symposium will take place on Thursday, March 7, 2024, 1:00 PM ET to discuss the following topics: Tailored resources for women Veterans, tips on #VA Benefit access, disability claims and avoiding denials, and the impact of the PACT Act.

Registration:
https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/65145

CWV Women Veterans Fireside Chat Webinar – with Jacqueline Hillian-Craig, Executive Director, Strategy and Analysis, Office of the Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, NCA on Thursday, March 14, 2024, 12:00 PM ET.

Registration:
https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/weblink/register/r7e2385b52f602b89a6e3f5ce5c038bca

With RallyPoint, we’ve previously partnered to answer Veteran questions in March 2023 with the VetXL: Women Veterans Together event in honor of Women’s History Month Some of the questions included:

» “I believe the VA is particularly inaccessible to women with young children. Specifically in my circumstance, I am unable to even enter the VA facility with my 10-month-old as children under the age of 18 are not permitted in the facility (though all hospitals and doctor offices in my area do not operate in this manner). As someone who has a husband who works, and no family nearby, this is a severe limitation for me. I have brought this us to my VA in various forms to no avail, the answer is simply for me to pay for a babysitter. Is anything being done to change this?”

» “I am wondering when the VA will take a serious look into diseases that severely impact women such as endometriosis, PCOS, and fibroids? Many are living with these conditions and the VA is denying them compensation and more importantly proper Healthcare for these illnesses. The people who are doing the ratings and making decisions don't even understand the first thing about them. Ignoring them or downplaying them only serves to put the female veterans in more pain and incurring further damage to their bodies. I'm afraid to even go to the VA. People think because you can't see physical damage that it doesn't exist but what about mental health, back injuries, or stomach issues? You can't see some of those issues, can't pinpoint when they started; however, people are treated for them and compensated.”

» “Are there any benefits available to women who are dealing with infertility?”

We invite you to comment on these and the many more questions and feedback or ask new questions! Ask or comment here: VetXL: Women Veterans Together Q&A - Ask Questions Now on Women’s Health and Benefits Services! | RallyPoint (https://rly.pt/WomenVeteransVetXL)

Get the benefits and services you’ve earned:

If you have any questions about how to access your VA benefits, please call us at 1-800-MyVA411 or visit us at VA.gov. You may also be interested in VA’s Center for Women Veterans (https://rly.pt/CFWVETS)

Spread the word: Please use these outreach kits to share Veteran resources with your networks.

The outreach kit includes flyers, social media graphics and suggested corresponding language, radio public service announcements (PSA), newsletter content and a sample blog post to help you spread the word.

» What can VA health care do for you? (https://rly.pt/VAHealthcareOutreachKit)

» What can VA disability compensation do for you? (https://rly.pt/VADisabilityCompensation)

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Response by 1SG John Millan made Feb 23 at 2024 3:04 PM

1SG John Millan — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 15:04:22 -0500

I’m glad the VA has greatly improved care for our sister vets. On and onsite providers are routinely part of VA facilities. This was not always the case.

Response by SFC Dr. Jesus Garcia-Arce, Psy.D made Feb 23 at 2024 6:16 PM

SFC Dr. Jesus Garcia-Arce, Psy.D — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 18:16:09 -0500

I,m glad for her, they deserve

Response by PO3 Tami Jones made Feb 28 at 2024 7:15 PM

PO3 Tami Jones — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 19:15:53 -0500

You celebrate women veterans but do you do the research of some of those women veterans have ptsd/mst and the va will not make accommodations for them when they cannot not see a male or even have a male touch the. They just want to blame the female veteran and they tell you either do it our way or you can go pay for it yourself. How is this treatment celebrating female veterans?

Response by SFC Ma Go made Feb 29 at 2024 6:22 AM

SFC Ma Go — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 06:22:26 -0500

Perhaps this post should also enlighten female veterans that “women care” is hard to come by. Waitlists are out months and months, you do not have options, they providers are ever changing because just like normal VA services they are either overworked due to staffing issues or just unprofessional rude people. Kudos for writing these VA articles that give a false impression of reality.

Response by SrA Cecelia Eareckson made Feb 29 at 2024 8:42 PM

SrA Cecelia Eareckson — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 20:42:22 -0500

Ouch. VA took months to give referral for pelvic floor specialist, initially rejected by Dr and NP with zero qualifications in either gynecology or urology. Still waiting for Rx. Already pay thousands in premiums and copays every year because VA knows nothing about women's health. Yes, that includes their specialty clinic, know nothing about menopause. Bust the VA down to an administration, and give veterans the same top-of-the-line healthcare coverage given to VA employees.

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Response by PFC David Higgins made Mar 8 at 2024 6:51 PM

PFC David Higgins — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 18:51:21 -0500

It has always amazed me that the Military is so willingly and openly accepting Identity Politics and so many are afraid to challenge it. Whether it be Color, Race, Sex, or Religion, all are irrelevant while in "UNIFORM." Just think of that word. Two root words from Latin that ultimately means "ONE FORM." The only things that should ever matter to any one in the Military is Duty, Purpose, Courage, Honor, and Oath to God and Brothers/Country. For ultimately a Country is your Kin, your Family to one degree or another. Instead of these multiple 'adjectives" the Uniform and Common Standards for all, irrespective of their origins, race, color, or gender, should be uniting factors in pursuit of those goals above all else. It is a shame that we have forgot the most important lessons of the past, not just our Country's History, but those Republics before us that we modeled ourselves after.

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Response by MSG Stan Hutchison made May 12 at 2024 2:05 PM

MSG Stan Hutchison — Sun, 12 May 2024 14:05:23 -0400

I thought I would add my two cents worth. (some may think that is all my opinion is worth, but that's OK.)
My wife served, US Army WAC, 1971 - 1974. Honorably Discharged. She signed up with the VA after seeing how well I was treated, in 2004.
Last year she injured herself while we were on a trip. MEDICARE and Tricare took care of the ER costs. Once we returned to AZ, she was seen at our local VA (Prescott, AZ). She has been getting great support there and getting the necessary referrals to the areas that the VA is not staffed for, including neurology, cardiology, and physical therapy. We found the non-VA medical system is as shorthanded as the VA and appointments take just as long.
I believe the VA has saved us thousands of dollars, perhaps over $100K.
I am sorry to see some of our service women were not treated as they expected to be, but my wife's experience with the VA has been generally satisfactory.