Funding Approves Service Dogs for Mentally Disabled Veterans
As part of the fiscal year 2010 Omnibus Appropriations Act, veterans with mental disabilities are now eligible to receive service dogs. The VA has been directed to begin supplying service dogs to...
View ArticleService Dogs Used To Aid Veterans With PTSD
Sgt. Paul Martin returned to Camp Lejeune with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) from his first deployment to Iraq. Two deployments later, he was diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and...
View ArticleAmerica’s VetDogs Giving Veterans Their Lives Back
Many returning veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have anxiety issues including fears of being in public places and around big groups of people. Other veterans struggle with...
View ArticleVA Facilities Likely To Accept Service Dogs
The only service dogs allowed at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities are those servicing the blind. Veterans with mobility and/or hearing issues as well as those using service dogs because...
View ArticleVA Regulation Provides Service Dogs For Veterans
There has been much discussion in recent years about the use of service dogs for disabled veterans. The issues have ranged from the need for service dogs to even allowing service dogs into Department...
View ArticleNew Study Looks at the Effectiveness of Service Dogs for Vets with PTSD
Medical service dogs have a proven track record of being a necessary companion for many disabled veterans. While service dogs have been in use for decades to help physically disabled veterans perform...
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