occurred during her periods of active duty and active duty for training with the Army National Guard . In her November 2007 claim , the Veteran advanced that her PTSD was secondary to the premature birth of R . , her son , during a period of advanced individual training . In an April 2008 written statement , the Veteran related that she encountered the remains of a fellow servicewoman , who had committed suicide by jumping from a water tower , during her period of Army basic training at Fort Jackson , South Carolina . At a February 2009 DRO hearing , the Veteran testified that although she was having trouble with her pregnancy in 1985 , her sergeant insisted that she continue to perform drills and