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Veterans' health care: doctors outside the VA need to know more about the veterans they treat

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imageCivilian doctors might not know that their patients have served in the military. In this photo Marines march around the World Trade Center memorial after participating in a memorial run in 2012.MarineCorps NewYork/Flickr, CC BY

Each year the military discharges over 240,000 veterans to reintegrate into civilian society. It’s a professional...

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