Military Sexual Trauma VA Benefits and Rights

Military Sexual Trauma (MST) refers to sexual assault or repeated, threatening sexual harassment that occurred during military service. VA is required to provide free MST-related mental and physical healthcare to all veterans regardless of discharge status, service era, or whether they filed a disability claim.

Veterans often do not know that MST-related care does not require a disability rating or that VA has special evidentiary rules making it easier to establish service connection for MST-related conditions. AI can help survivors understand their full range of rights, locate supporting evidence such as behavioral markers and in-service documentation, and prepare claim narratives that meet VA evidence standards without requiring an official report of the incident.