San Antonio Express-News: GI sex-assault victims face battle for disability benefits
Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee member Brian Lewis is featured in this story from the San Antonio Express-News:
Sexual-assault victim Brian Lewis, 34, of Baltimore, Md., said he received a 100 percent disability rating for major depression thanks to a Navy doctor who documented his medical record. He also was placed on limited duty due to PTSD while a petty officer third class.
“There’s long been a double standard in the VA between combat trauma and personal trauma. The VA doesn’t require that exacting standard for combat cases and it’s grossly unfair to make that standard apply to personal trauma,” said Lewis, who left the Navy in 2001 and was declared disabled a year later.
