Swords to Plowshares

VCS Fast Sheet: Impact of Iraq and Afghanistan Wars on VA (pdf)

Sources: VA: “Analysis of VA Health Care Utilization Among US Southwest Asian War Veterans,” October 2007; “VA Benefits Activity: Veterans Deployed to the Global War on Terrorism,” June 2007. VCS used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain VA documents. Harvard University: “Soldiers Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan: The Long-term Costs of Providing Veterans Medical Care and Disability Benefits,” January 2007; VA Congressional testimony on March 9, 2007, and July 25, 2007. See VCS web site for additional sources.