Barriers to VA care reported by veterans and service members U.S. 2022| ��ƽ��

Barriers to VA care reported by U.S. veterans and active service members of the Wounded Warrior Project as of 2022*

Characteristic	Percentage of survey respondents
There is not enough access to VA health care services and benefits	16.4%
The VA is too far away	15.6%
VA providers are not sensitive to my needs	14.7%
I don’t understand my benefits	12.3%
The VA hours are inconvenient	12.2%
I am embarrassed or afraid to seek mental health services	7.7%
I have no access to childcare	5.1%
I haven’t been provided with any information about VA health care	4.3%
VA facilities lack privacy or safety	3.7%
I have no way to get to a VA facility	2.2%
Other	9.1%

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Release date

February 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

June 15, to August 24, 2022

Number of respondents

19,303 respondents

Method of interview

Online survey

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* Respondents were members of the Wounded Warrior Project and are veterans and service members who incurred a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound while serving in the military on or after September 11, 2001.

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In 2022, 16.4 percent of U.S. veterans and active service members of the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) reported that there was not enough access to VA health care services and benefits, and another 15.6 percent mentioned that the VA was too far away. The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) is a U.S. charity and veteran organization for veterans and service members who incurred a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound while serving in the military on or after September 11, 2001. This statistic shows barriers to VA care as reported by U.S. veterans and active service members of the WWP as of 2022.