Of the troops who returned home from the Gulf War in the early 1990s, an estimated 21 percent filed claims seeking compensation for injuries suffered while on duty. That figure pales in comparison to the returnees from Iraq and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
It is a record-setting number. In an array of figures disclosed to the Associated Press, of the 1.6 million veterans coming back from those countries, an unprecedented 45 percent have made disability filings. And the backlog of claims throughout the nation is approaching one million, currently at about 864,000.<\/p>\n
Further probing makes the statistics even more grim. Vietnam veterans are getting compensation for roughly four injuries, with vets of World War II and Korea only two. Meanwhile, those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan are averaging about eight to nine claims each, with a spike up to 11 to 14 most recently.<\/p>\n
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