A new study released Thursday has started to unveil the brutal legacy that has been left on members of the U.S military and its veterans after more than a decade of war.<\/p>\n
The study found that over the past year, on average, each service member visited the doctor more than once a month. This marks the highest rate ever<\/em> for out-patient treatment of U.S. military members.<\/p>\n Doctors have encountered out-patient visits at a shocking pace of 14 out-patient visits per service member in the past year of 2013. This is a whopping 60% increase from average out-patients visits by U.S. military members in 2004.<\/p>\n Among the most frequently treated problems, more than 20 million out-patient visits by troops were primarily for joint and back problems and mental disorders.\u00a0 Rates for both of these ailments have increased by 30% since 2009.<\/p>\n The study also found that women in the service visited doctors more frequently than their (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new study released Thursday has started to unveil the brutal legacy that has been left on members of the U.S military and its veterans after more than a decade of war. The study found that over the past year,…<\/span><\/p>\n