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Veterans

pinboy3niner

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1. That was a travesty and a horrible injustice for deserving vets who were rejected

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 10:24 AM

Nov 2013

It's hard enough for anyone struggling with PTSD to deal with authority--and then to have them invalidate your experience and its traumatic effects? That only added insult to injury.

It's good to see these claims and diagnoses finally being recognized.

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Following complaints, Army medical records board honoring latest Madigan PTSD diagnoses [View all] unhappycamper Nov 2013 OP

That was a travesty and a horrible injustice for deserving vets who were rejected pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #1

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