Thank you, Chair.
I'd like to begin by thanking our witnesses for being here with us to answer some more questions.
I'll apologize in advance if you guys have touched a bit on this already, but I would like to get a bit of a deeper understanding to see if you have any recommendations on this specific issue. We've heard in past committee meetings that one of the biggest issues is that a lot of veterans often don't necessarily have issues upon discharge. The issues come up later. PTSD often shows up and creeps in a few years later on. It may not appear when they're discharged, when they have that caseworker specifically working with them on the issues that they're currently dealing with, so they often report having more difficulty receiving the support they need.
I know that there is support offered to all veterans who ask for it. That's what we've heard, but it does appear that they don't always know that they can ask for this, or they don't always know who to reach out to and where to go to receive the support. Do you think there is anything we can recommend in a study that would help either continue that relationship with the veteran or make it so that there's an easier process in place for them to receive the help they need?