05/31/2022
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"I had a back-and-forth about a year ago with Dr. Shulkin about the statutory authorization that I believe clearly allows the VA to provide care to those that have bad paper discharges."
"As you know, a very well-publicized recent report identified within the Army as that subset being 24,000 veterans who had a less-than-honorable discharge who had a service-connected disability but wer..."
"I think it's peers. I think it's community groups. I think it's not-for-profit organizations that have community credibility that are going to be able to reconnect these service members to VA."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."