Veterans who suffered sexual assault or other sexual abuse while in uniform would get help more easily from the Department of Veterans Affairs under a bill approved Monday by the House.
The bill would allow a statement by a survivor of military sexual trauma to be considered sufficient proof that an assault occurred. The House approved the bill by voice vote Monday night.
The bill is named after Ruth Moore, a former Navy sailor who was raped twice by a superior officer almost three decades ago. Moore, of Milbridge, Maine, was awarded more than $400,000 in retroactive disability benefits last year after a decades-long battle with the VA.
The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, called it an important step to get the VA to 
make its benefits process easier and fairer for veterans such as Moore who were sexually assaulted during their military service.
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