The VA has gone nuts asking about any sexual abuse or threats. It’s boilerplate questions every visit.
I tell them I was in before ‘dont ask, don’t tell’, so no females in combat arms and no fags in the Cav. I got along great. The looks I’m getting!!
Last VA visit was 1 hour. A solid 25 mins were questions about considering suicide. The procedure is to scatter them around so that if you’re discussing Vitamin D levels and then something else the suicide question appears again.
Have you had any thoughts about planning a suicide?
Have you ever bought poison or a firearm with that in mind?
In the past 3 months have you ever discovered that you had no food or a way to get some, and do you have any worries about having shelter over the next year?
On and on. The veteran suicide numbers are pretty ugly.
And another item . . . heads up on this, it shocked me, 81% of vets over age 50 have sleep apnea and without treatment it will evolve into stroke or a long list of early death mechanisms. It’s not BS. It’s real. Have a look at your local non VA hospital. It will have a sleep clinic.