200,000+ iraq vets seeking care from VA

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=2904214&page=1

While the U.S. Department of Defense says that there have been about 23,000 nonfatal battlefield casualties in Iraq, Woodruff discovers — through an internal VA report — that more than 200,000 veterans have sought medical care for various ailments, including more than 73,000 diagnoses for mental disorders.

Woodruff reports that even these numbers may not tell the whole story: According to unreleased data from the Department of Defense, at least 10 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans may have sustained a brain injury during their service.

The ABC News anchor reports: "That could mean that of the 1.5 million who have served or are now serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, more than 150,000 people could have a brain injury that may be undiagnosed and unrecognized by the casualty numbers from the Department of Defense."

More at the link......

:puke:
But let's face it -- most Americans would rather not have to even think about the veterans.

just one bomb a day...right?

and the help he denies them. You would think his administration was a bunch of chickenhawks who had never seen war. Oh yeah, they are.

It worked 35 years ago. :shrug:


:sarcasm:

in Iraq and Afghanistan.