By the Numbers - Oct. 28, 2013

By the Numbers - Oct. 28, 2013

56%

The percentage of all 1,604,359 separated OEF/OIF/OND Veterans, from 2002 through 1st Qtr FY 2013, who have obtained health care from the VA, according to the most recent version of the quarterly report -- Analysis of VA Health Care Utilization among Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), and Operation New Dawn (OND) Veterans.

Of this 56% (a total of 899,752 veterans) -- 93% were seen by VA health care professionals as outpatients only, while 7% have been hospitalized at least once in a VA health care facility. The three most common diagnoses received by these veterans were musculoskeletal ailments (mostly joint and back problems), mental disorders, and “Symptoms, Signs and Ill-Defined Conditions,” which includes "symptoms and clinical findings that are not coded elsewhere."

This chart, extracted from the report, breaks down the mental disorder diagnoses.

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15 The total will be higher than the 486,015 unique patients who received a diagnosis of a possible mental 
disorder. A Veteran may have more than one mental disorder diagnosis and each diagnosis is entered 
separately in this table.