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According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, seven percent of former U.S. service members experience Post-Traumatic Stress at some point in their lives. Alarmingly, that figure balloons to up to nearly one-third of veterans who served during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
When Cole T. Lyle was struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder after serving in Afghanistan, his service dog, Kaya, was able to help him in ways that therapy and medication couldn't.
New bipartisan legislation has been introduced to match military veterans with service dogs. Fox News Digital spoke to USMC veteran Cole Lyle about the program's importance.