DoD Decides No Purple Heart for PTSD
Week of January 19, 2009
The Department of Defense has decided it will not award the Purple Heart to war veterans who have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) because it is not a physical wound. The decision ends the hope of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who have the condition and believed that the Purple Hearts could honor their sacrifice and help remove some of the stigma associated with the condition. For more information about the Purple Heart, visit the Department of Veterans Affairs Purple Heart webpage.
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