To discern the effectiveness of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ treatments for PTSD, The American Legion is conducting a 59-question survey of veteran satisfaction. This survey is a followup to another evaluation conducted June 2014, which found that 59 percent of polled veterans felt no better after turning to the VA for treatment.

Louis Celli, the director of The American Legion’s veteran affairs division, hopes that this survey will grant medical professionals insight into how treatments help or hinder veterans’ recoveries. The information gleaned from the survey will also help The American Legion and policymakers better understand and reform PTSD treatment.

“The last survey was definitely impactful and was referenced several times by Congress while introducing new legislation to improve PTSD programs,” Celli said.

Earlier this week, a medical study found that two thirds of military veterans with PTSD were not helped by popular treatments such as cognitive processing therapy (CPT) or prolonged exposure therapy (PE). While it is investigating the same problem, The American Legion’s survey will rely on veterans to voluntarily complete a questionaire and report their treatment satisfaction.

Veterans and their families can participate in the survey up until Aug. 16.