DVA covers erectile dysfunction but not vaginal prolapse: the gender gap in veterans' compensation

DVA's Statement of Principles — the instrument that determines whether a condition is service-related and compensable — covers erectile dysfunction but not vaginal prolapse. Senator Jacqui Lambie told the Senate: "penis problems are covered, vagina problems are not." Women veterans must argue their cases through slower, less certain pathways. One in two women who've given birth experience some prolapse.