Research on the effects of Vietnam military service suggests that Vietnam veterans experienced significantly higher … mortality than both non-Vietnam veterans and the civilian population at large. These results, however, may be biased by non …-random selection into the military if unobserved background differences between veterans and non-veterans affect mortality directly …

The veterans disability compensation (VDC) program, which provides a monthly stipend to disabled veterans, is the third … claims from Vietnam veterans, raising concerns about costs as well as health. We use the draft lottery to study the long …

As millions of soldiers deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan between 2001 and 2021, Veteran Affairs Disability Compensation … payments quadrupled and the veteran suicide rate rose rapidly. We estimate causal effects of combat deployments on soldiers … soldiers to units on staggered deployment cycles. Deployments increase injuries, combat deaths, and disability compensation …

Recent debates over health care reform, including in the context of the Military Health System (MHS) and Veterans …

soldiers. Among the factors that contributed to a lower probability of contracting and dying from diseases were (1) lighter … differences in wartime health. For example, the advantages of light-skinned soldiers over dark-skinned and of enlisted men …