SURVEY: Should the Purple Heart Medal be authorized for "mental wounds"?

SURVEY: Should the Purple Heart Medal be authorized for "mental wounds"?

TOPIC: The Purple Heart Medal is authorized ONLY when physical injury or
wounding is inflicted by an enemy or friendly fire. However, veterans with
PTSD
claim that "mental wounding" occurs in the brain which renders them unable
to
function normally or in an impaired status. Some veterans who have been
diagnosed by the Veterans Administration (Dept of Veterans ffairs) with
PTSD or
another stress-related mental illness have petitioned Congress to mandate
that
they be authorized the Purple Heart Medal for "mental wounds". Do you feel
"mental wounds" should be equal to physical wounds?

There are two Survey locations...

	1/2. Abbreviated Survey location:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purple-heart/surveys?id=2705835

	2/2. Full Survey location: http://home.pacbell.net/veterans/ptsd.htm

REFERENCES:

	1/2. Purple Heart Issue Regulations
	http://www.amervets.com/replacement/ph.htm#isr

	2/2. Common Myths About The Purple Heart Medal
	http://members.aol.com/warlibrary/theheart.htm

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