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Veterans' Health

New Report: Hundreds More Veterans Discharged Illegally

By Lisa Chedekel | March 23, 2012

The Department of Defense has illegally discharged hundreds of veterans since 2008 for alleged personality disorder, skirting requirements intended to reduce such diagnoses and depriving veterans of benefits, according to an analysis of data by the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA).

Veterans' Health

Vet Groups Want Answers To ‘Wrongful’ Discharges

By Lisa Chedekel | December 15, 2010

While the number of veterans discharged for “personality disorder” has dropped dramatically in the last two years, the numbers of service members diagnosed with adjustment disorder has climbed, leading veterans’ groups to charge Wednesday that the military may be playing a shell game to deny benefits to combat veterans.