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HRD-82-98 1 (1982-09-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmpg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ___ -UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE c / WASHINGTON, D.C. 20648 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION B-207364 SEPTEMBER 24,1982 The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye United States Senate Dear Senator Inouye: Subject: Actions Needed to Insure That Female Veterans Have Equal Access to VA Benefits (GAO/HRD-82-98) In response to your April 24, 1981, request, we reviewed the Veterans Administration's (VA's) efforts to provide benefits to female veterans. As agreed with your office, we focused on their medical needs. Specifically, we sought to determine whether VA was (1) equipped to provide them medical care, (2) planning for the anticipated increase in their demand for care, (3) informing them of available benefits, and (4) addressing their psychological problems related to service in Vietnam. We visited 13 VA facilities, contacted another 32 facilities, and interviewed VA central office officials and representatives of veterans' service organizations. (Our objectives, scope, and methodology are detailed in enc. II.) VA has made progress in insuring that medical care and other benefits are available to female veterans. However, because women make up only 2.5 percent (742,000) of the total veteran population, VA has not adequately focused on their needs. Yet, women have some unique needs, particularly medical, that must be addressed. Action is needed to insure that --men and women have equal access to VA treatment programs and medical facilities, --women treated in VA facilities receive complete physical examinations, --needed gynecological care is provided, --sufficient plans are made for the anticipated increase in female veterans, and --female veterans are adequately informed of their benefits. (401916)

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