 When I was in Iraq our convoy was hit. It was bad after I came home I could still hear booms and see tracer fire and that's when they gave me the diagnosis of chronic severe post-traumatic stress disorder My name is Naomi Mathis and I am an Air Force veteran Today I'm part of DAV where veterans helping veterans to get the benefits they've earned You know a lot of times people walk into my office. Oh, you know, they're just the DAV lady No, I'm a veteran and I'm a combat veteran before I joined DAV. I Handled my claim by myself. My claim was all messed up I did not get the percentage that I should have gotten you don't want to do what I did which was I had no help. I Did it all by myself. You want to sit down with a professional that's been through this my claim ended up at the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in Washington, DC and with the help of DAV they were able to get my claim Fixed I wanted to make sure it was correct because I wanted to make sure my children Were getting the benefits that they have earned through their sacrifice And I believe that I went through every single bit of that so that I can help the veteran that's sitting across from me Rest assured that with DAV there are veterans that understand Everything that you have been through and we can help I'm Naomi Mathis. I'm an Air Force veteran and my victory is being here for my kids