Unit Leaders Fact Sheet

The PDHRA is a process designed to identify the deployment-related health concerns of Service members during the three- to six-month time period after their return from deployment and facilitate access to care.

The reassessment begins with Service members completing a questionnaire focused on their deployment experience and any health concerns they may have stemming from that deployment. Service members will then discuss the questionnaire, and any health concerns they may have, with a health care provider.

The PDHRA will be offered to all Service members who have returned from operational deployment, including all active duty Service members, National Guard, and Reserve members, as well as those who have separated or retired since their return from deployment.

Deployment health concerns may not be noticed immediately after deployment. Once a Service member gets back home and settles back into a home-based routine, they may begin to notice that things are not quite right. Their concerns may be mild, or they may be more troublesome. They may affect just the Service member, or they could affect the unit as a whole. And, the Service member may not know the best place to go to find out what to do about it. The PDHRA program brings the opportunity to access care to Service member after they get back home from deployment.

While the initial focus of the program is those Service members who fall within this three- to six-month time period, the program will be made available to all Service members who have returned from deployment since September 11, 2001. Service members who have returned from deployment and are beyond the six-month period will be contacted by their unit or Commander with details regarding their participation in the PDHRA.

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