If one of Montana’s 108,000 veterans travels to a Veterans Affairs health care clinic, they are reimbursed at 41.5 cents per mile. If they travel to one of the state’s four Vet Centers that focus on mental health care and readjustment counseling, they receive no reimbursement.
“Bullet wounds are often glamorized,” said Edward E. Saunders, a retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. from Laurel. “But if a veteran has emotional issues to contend with, he’s basically told to cowboy up. Battle wounds are more than what we see behind a bandage.”
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