The latest veterans is a historic speed apply for disability benefits, claiming to be the most medical and distress before the army generation nation has never seen before.
The astonishing 45% of the 1.6 million veterans of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan are seeking they said is service related injured compensation. This is a times above, estimates that 21% of the respondents in the 1990 s after the gulf war made such claim, the top government official told the Associated Press.
More important, the new veteran claimed that an average of eight to nine disease, in the past year in the most recent claims 11 to 14. In contrast, Vietnam veterans are accept compensation less four, on average, and those from the second world war ii and Korea, only two.
Than their predecessors is how bad these new veterans, is not clear. Many factors pushing the dramatic rise of claim-the economy is weak, more troops for the survival of the wound, more problems, such as a concussion and PTSD consciousness. Almost one third are awarded the disabled so far.
Government officials and some veterans' advocates said, because they have lost their job or could not find any may have been able to work with some of the disabled veterans may be more inclined to seek interests now. Aggressive marketing and propaganda work also brought more veterans into the system, must evaluate, see whether it is about the war and every one of the claim. To pay limits, from a month for 10% disabled 127 yuan to 2769 yuan for a complete one.
As the national memorial of more than 6400 troops, who died in the 911 times of war, those who survived also to draw attention. These new veterans for help that the administration had not anticipated the level, and no special fund dial pay out.
Veterans affairs in the backlog of claims, but "our mission is to take care of the population both said," paulson, eli hickey, Virginia welfare time system. "We hope they have what their rights are."
Who mention before the war claim is the average estimate of 21% Hickey, operation desert storm and desert shield. In Virginia have detail, only for the current disability claim payment each war veterans.
The Associated Press had spent three months of examination records and conversation, doctor, government officials and former army to take new veterans of the stock. They are in those they fight before many aspects of the different.
More from reserve and national guard troops-28%-and not those who apply for disability claims of professional soldier. Reserve and national guard troops in the war more proportion, than they ever do. Self-defense forces/reserve new veterans about 31% has put forward the claim, compared to 56% of the professional soldiers.
The new veteran is more women, those who seek through Virginia nursing accounted for 12%. In the war over the past more than women also served as. Hickey said, some women veterans says PTSD trauma-from extremist disable grade point of view, new challenges.
The new veterans have different types of veterans injured than before. It is partly because the simple bomb has become a major weapons and body armor and improve the battlefield to take care of, because many of them are allowed to survive, and in the past war proves fatal wound.
"They are in an unprecedented speed to be live, said:" dr David, in Virginia medical rehabilitation was chief. More than 95% of the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan injured survived.
Larry bailey ii is one example. After the trip in Afghanistan last June roof bombs at the age of 26, Marine remember into the air, and then attend his compatriots forces.
"I almost know, my legs were gone. I remember I still have it three fingers, my left hand," although they do not seem to correct, bailey said. "I read a few times, but later they told me to stop looking for." Bailey, who is from zion, Illinois north of Chicago, the end of the three amputation, is expected to reach transplant this summer.




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