Pentagon to review how military handles PTSD cases
February 28, 2012
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has asked for a review of how the military diagnoses post-traumatic stress order, in the wake of a controversy surrounding a Madigan Army medical center team that screened soldiers for PTSD.
By Hal Bernton
Seattle Times staff reporter
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has asked for a Pentagon review of how the military diagnoses post-traumatic stress disorder, a request triggered by controversy surrounding a Madigan Army Medical Center forensic psychiatric team that screened soldiers for PTSD.
Soldiers at Madigan complained that they were improperly stripped of the PTSD diagnoses that would have qualified them for a medical retirement benefit.
That prompted a recent review by a Walter Reed National Military Medical Center team that reinstated six of 12 PTSD diagnoses.
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14 soldiers went to Walter Reed for a second opinion. Walter Reed concurred with the first 12 and disagreed with 2 as of February 6th. After a subsequent meeting between Sen Murray and the Surgeon General, the Walter Reed results changed significantly and the new revised version was given to the press. There needs to be a general officer investigation as it appears the Surgeon General used her influence to change the Walter Reed findings to meet Sen Murray's agenda.
February 23, 2012
ReplyDeleteArmy Sergeant among those denied PTSD at Madigan, actually does have it (http://woundedtimes.blogspot.com/2012/02/army-sergeant-among-those-denied-ptsd.html) showed six of them had PTSD and Walter Reed reversed Madigan.
Davis was among six soldiers notified Tuesday and Wednesday that an independent review by mental health officials at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center had confirmed they suffer from PTSD.
The last I heard, there were only two that have not been confirmed as PTSD out of the 14.