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Friday, July 26, 2013

Congress working to help those wrongly discharged

Congress working to help those wrongly discharged for personality, adjustment disorders
WTKR News
by Laurie Simmons
July 25, 2013

Jessica Hinves thought coming forward to report her rape was the right thing to do, but it ended up ruining her budding Air Force career.

“I wasn’t allowed to stay in the military just because I was sexually assaulted,” said Hinves.

Doctors deemed her unfit to deploy and separated her from service.

Instead of giving her a diagnosis of PTSD and military sexual trauma, they diagnosed her with personality disorder.
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