The aim of physical, speech, rehabilitative, and occupational therapy is to restore health, independence, and quality of life by addressing a range of health-related conditions that limit people's abilities to perform functional activities in their daily lives (1). Because functional ability is closely related to participation in society, it is an important dimension of health (2). Veterans have greater prevalence of disability and chronic pain than nonveterans (2,3), which may limit functional abilities. This report describes the use of physical, speech, rehabilitative, or occupational therapy in the past 12 months by veteran status and selected sociodemographic characteristics among adults aged 25-64.
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