Costs soar for compensating veterans with mental disorders
Corey Gibson's right leg bounces when he sits. At 29 he sleeps fitfully, with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle mounted above his bed. "That's my sense of security," he says. Laurie...
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Costs soar for compensating veterans with mental disorders
Corey Gibson's right leg bounces when he sits. At 29 he sleeps fitfully, with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle mounted above his bed. "That's my sense of security," he says. Laurie...
VA laboring under surge of wounded veterans
In a sobering reminder of the long-term costs of war, a dramatic spike in disability claims during the last seven years has overwhelmed the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and...
Agent Orange’s lethal legacy: Defoliants more dangerous than they had to be
Part 5 of a Tribune investigation unearths documents showing that decisions by the U.S. military and chemical companies that manufactured the defoliants used in Vietnam made the spraying more dangerous...
Agent Orange’s lethal legacy: Defoliants more dangerous than they had to be
Part 5 of a Tribune investigation unearths documents showing that decisions by the U.S. military and chemical companies that manufactured the defoliants used in Vietnam made the spraying more dangerous...
Agent Orange’s lethal legacy: For Vietnam War veterans, injustice follows injury
Part 2 of a Tribune investigation finds that for many U.S. veterans, the bureaucratic fight to be compensated for health problems linked to Agent Orange amounts to a new and...
Agent Orange’s lethal legacy: The next generation
Ted Hutches is hobbled by leg-swelling cellulitis, cancer and nerve disorders that have left his hands and feet numb and prevented him from working for the past 30 of his...
Agent Orange’s lethal legacy: The next generation
Ted Hutches is hobbled by leg-swelling cellulitis, cancer and nerve disorders that have left his hands and feet numb and prevented him from working for the past 30 of his...
Agent Orange’s lethal legacy: For Vietnam War veterans, injustice follows injury
Part 2 of a Tribune investigation finds that for many U.S. veterans, the bureaucratic fight to be compensated for health problems linked to Agent Orange amounts to a new and...
Agent Orange’s lethal legacy: For U.S., a record of neglect
Part 1 of a Tribune investigation finds that U.S. officials have neglected a lasting problem even as the health fallout has spread. Complete coverage >> In central Indiana, two sisters...