Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Welcome to our committee. It is fascinating to hear from veterans. Other witnesses have told us that there is no problem. When I asked how often a doctor's PTSD diagnosis was contested, I was told never. I was told that the diagnosis was automatically accepted and that veterans did not have to spend years fighting the system. And here you are telling us the complete opposite, that, in actual fact, a PTSD diagnosis is contested in 99.9% or 95% of cases.