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Women veterans testify to delays, retraumatization under VA; panel hears account of a fatal treatment failure
Summary
Multiple witnesses gave firsthand accounts of women veterans' delayed or inadequate care, with a family case highlighted describing the death of a female veteran after repeated treatment failures at VA facilities.
Female veterans and advocates told a House Veterans' Affairs subcommittee that delays in referrals and gaps in trauma‑informed care inside VA facilities have left many women underserved and, in some cases, re‑traumatized.
Dallas Knight, founder of Operation Juliet and a combat Army veteran, told the subcommittee that she and hundreds of women veterans have faced months‑long waits for specialty referrals and inconsistent access to female clinicians and trauma‑informed treatment. "Female veterans are not invisible. We are not dramatic or broken. We are warriors, leaders, and we are asking boldly, urgently for a system that sees us, hears us, and serves us with dignity," Knight said.
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