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Ad Rape - Engaged In Combat With The Enemy
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carlie
I've been asking myself for a few years now,
why is it that VA does not consider victims of
active duty rape, the same as a combat veteran -
when you take into consideration the definition of
"engaged in combat with the enemy" ?
When you are raped on AD, I no longer consider it as
raped by a fellow service member, I see it as rape is an
encounter with a military foe, a hostile unit, an enemy force.
http://www.va.gov/vetapp08/files5/0840201.txt
VA's General Counsel has held that the ordinary meaning of
the phrase "engaged in combat with the enemy," as used in 38
U.S.C.A. § 1154(b), requires that a veteran "have
participated in events constituting an actual fight or
encounter with a military foe or hostile unit or
instrumentality."
What do other's feel on this issue ?
carlie
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