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Veterans with PTSD deserve service dogs

from Orlando Sentinel (opinion)

Veterans with PTSD deserve service dogs Orlando Sentinel (opinion) Rose Carmen Goldberg writes, "People across the country are turning to dogs for solace from the isolation and anxiety of the coronavirus crisis. Since the pandemic hit the U.S. just a few months ago, animal shelters have reported a whopping 70 percent increase in fostering and adoptions. Veterans with PTSD, however, can’t access dogs so easily. They've been waiting 10 years for the VA to provide service dogs. In 2010, Congress mandated that the VA study the effectiveness of service dogs for veterans with PTSD. Today, a decade later, the VA has yet to complete the study due to its own errors. And the VA refuses to provide service dogs without further research." READ MORE

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