Injured vets say they need more help

Survey: Injured vets say they need more help
By Gregg Zoroya - USA Today
Posted : Tuesday Nov 8, 2011 15:31:44 EST
More than half of all veterans who describe themselves as “seriously” hurt or wounded from combat or peacetime service say the government did not give them “all the help ... it should,” according to a Pew Research Center survey released today.

In comparison with ex-servicemembers who were either unharmed or suffered lesser injuries, badly hurt veterans report more difficulty readjusting to civilian life, wrestling with mental illness or holding jobs.

Twenty-eight percent of seriously injured veterans work full-time; half are jobless.

Within that group of seriously injured veterans, those who served after 9/11 are more likely than veterans from earlier eras to be dissatisfied with their lives and assistance.
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