Reversals in initially denied Department of Veterans Affairs' PTSD disability claims after 17 years: a cohort study of gender differences

• Main Authors: Maureen Murdoch (Author), Michele Roxanne Spoont (Author), Nina Aileen Sayer (Author), Shannon Marie Kehle-Forbes (Author), Siamak Noorbaloochi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In 2011, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) strengthened its disability claims processes for military sexual trauma, hoping to reduce gender differences in initial posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) disability awards. These process improvements should also have helped wome...