Author Topic: Almost Half of New Vets Seek Disability (Read 486 times)

Matthew · « **on:** May 28, 2012, 12:44:03 PM »

Almost Half of New Vets Seek Disability

May 28th, 2012
Via: AP:
America’s newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a historic rate, claiming to be the most medically and mentally troubled generation of former troops the nation has ever seen.
A staggering 45 percent of the 1.6 million veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now seeking compensation for injuries they say are service-related. That is more than double the estimate of 21 percent who filed such claims after the Gulf War in the early 1990s, top government officials told The Associated Press.
What’s more, these new veterans are claiming eight to nine ailments on average, and the most recent ones over the last year are claiming 11 to 14. By comparison, Vietnam veterans are currently receiving compensation for fewer than four, on average, and those from World War II and Korea, just two.

alaric · « **Reply #1 on:** May 28, 2012, 05:12:02 PM »

Seems this is big news, but giving away free medical to illegal immigrants criminals and any other deadbeat who probably never served a day for this country is no big deal.

Oh, but let's go attack the Vets.

Whoever wrote this article ( name, link?) is a real piece of garbage.

Sigismund · « **Reply #2 on:** May 30, 2012, 08:46:14 PM »

Why? The author just cites a few statistics.

Author Topic: Almost Half of New Vets Seek Disability (Read 486 times)

Matthew

Almost Half of New Vets Seek Disability

alaric

Almost Half of New Vets Seek Disability

Sigismund

Almost Half of New Vets Seek Disability