75-100 new veterans seek services from the Southern Nevada V.A. a month

More new veterans seek services from the Southern Nevada V.A.
By Jessica Janner
CREATED MAR. 16, 2012

Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) -- As troops return home from Iraq and Afghanistan, the Veterans Affairs Southern Nevada Healthcare System is seeing more veterans come through their doors.

"Now we're probably seeing 75 to 100 new veterans a month, enrolling, that are just coming back from the new conflicts," says Dr. Ramu Kamanduri, the V.A.'s Chief of Staff.

However, the V.A. says there is no patient backlog here like in other parts of the nation.

"It means certainly a workload increase. But, it's a workload we can handle and we're expecting this...We know these individuals are coming back with more serious problems," says Dr. Kamanduri.

"I came back at 30 and started dealing with some of this stuff, but being a little bit younger and dealing with that & not having had any other problems before... it's got to be very difficult for them," comments Retired Staff Sergeant Jason Brooks (USMC), who is dealing with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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