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Friday, November 16, 2012

Review of Madigan PTSD claims, shows they were wrong

Sen. Murray releases tally on PTSD review
By Hal Bernton
Seattle Times staff reporter
November 15, 2012

When the Army re-evaluated the cases of 261 veterans who had been denied medical retirement by a Madigan Army Hospital psychiatric team, it found 150 had post-traumatic stress disorder, and 107 had other behavioral-health diagnoses, according to information released by Sen. Patty Murray.

Of 261 service members and veterans who failed to win health retirement when screened by a forensic psychiatric team at Madigan Army Medical Center, 150 were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder when their cases were reviewed by Army behavioral health teams, according to information released this week by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.

One hundred seven more of those service members and veterans received adjustment, anxiety, mood or other behavioral-health diagnoses, when their cases were reviewed.
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