The Military Isn’t Providing Equal Access To Care For PTSD Between Pay Grades

It is sad that, even today, Veterans that are needing care or the extent of their care in some ways is based on rank. Your a veteran, and served your time. After that your former rank should have nothing to do with the care that you receive from the VA. The VA should be looking at one thing...here is a veteran that needs help....that's it. Forget the rank, forget the gender, forget the branch of service, and see that you have a veteran needing help. I wore my rank for 22 years while on active duty. The only rank I wear now...is Mr. That's it.

It's funny that when I go to the clinic on post and they call me by my rank...a lot of times I do not hear it, but when I do...I let the person know that though I thank them for the recognition, it's just Mr. Cashion now.

It's good to see senior leaders, past and present, sharing this type of information.

COL Charles Williams I haven't experienced this myself personally, but my initial reaction is that pay grade shouldn't even be a factor in the treatment of PTSD, TBI, MST, or any other severe disability that our veterans or active members are facing in today's military service and especailly through the VA. I'm glad that they are finding these faults in the military healthcare. Now the question is, "what will the VA and Military Health system do to fix them?" On a good note there were some positive findings as well at the end of the article.