1. Co-morbidity of PTSD and Brain Injury in most high combat veterans.

COVER discovered that high combat veterans almost always have a history of head injury as defined by loss of consciousness and/or blood or fluid from the ear or nose. These veterans almost always exhibit severe PTSD presenting a more complicated clinical configuration. In fact, COVER has been credited with the introduction and highlighting of the issue of head injury into the VA in the early 1990s (1)

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2. Effective treatment promotes better physical as well as mental health.

It also results in fewer hospitalizations and an overall better quality of life. Conversely, untreated PTSD often leads to premature death either through self-inflicted wounds or other means such as heart attacks and heart disease as proven in a Harvard and Boston University long term research study (2).  Additionally, veterans have a higher mortality rate than their civilian peers (3). We believe good treatment can help mitigate the adverse health effects of PTSD and is ultimately cost effective not to mention advantageous to veterans and their loved ones.

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3. Chronic Pain in Combat Veterans

COVER has noticed that military injuries and wounding generate chronic pain in even young veterans. Chronic pain is often overlooked and it is an important element in the treatment of all combat veterans.

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4. PTSD is usually chronic in high combat soldiers.

The VA acknowledged this when they gave lifetime eligibility to combat veterans attending Vet Centers. COVER would postulate a lifetime care program is clinically advisable and ultimately quite cost effective, reducing the incidence of higher cost health problems.