The Impact of War
Originally published on Tue July 31, 2012 5:59 pm
The U.S. Army is revising the way it diagnoses soldiers with post traumatic stress disorder. In the Northwest, it means the Army will no longer use a special psychiatric unit at Madigan Army Medical Center near Tacoma.
Some soldiers at Madigan complained the psychiatric team downgraded or reversed their PTSD diagnoses. That limited what benefits they are eligible for.
One of those soldiers is 28-year-old Specialist Jered Enger.
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