Gulf War Vet Says American Legion Denied Entry to Her Service Dog

'I really feel that I have to represent the disabled community because this is wrong,' Army veteran Dee Pilkons told Newsweek. 'My dog is my lifeline.'

After a U.S. Army veteran's service dog was denied entry to a local American Legion post, the dog's owner told Newsweek that she's on a mission to see the nonprofit group's national bylaws changed and 'end discrimination against those with invisible disabilities.

Pilkons said she joined the Army in 1985 and while she planned to serve at least 20 years, she said was honorably discharged in 1991 because of an incident that caused 'severe' hearing loss.'The reason that I have my dog is she is a hearing dog, a sensory dog,' she said. 'I was shot in the leg in the arms room at Fort Dix by a blank and the reverberation around the room caused severe hearing loss for me.

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