combat injuries
Wartime physical harm
Combat injuries are wounds or trauma sustained during military engagement or warfare.
The term covers everything from gunshot wounds and shrapnel damage to blast injuries and burns.
Combat injuries often require specialized medical treatment and may result in lasting physical or psychological effects: Many veterans struggle with combat injuries years after returning home.
- amputationsSurgical limb removals
- missing limbAbsent arm or leg
- emergency surgeryImmediate unscheduled medical procedure
- gunshot woundsInjuries from fired projectiles
- shrapnel woundsDamage from explosion debris
burns · body armor · internal bleeding · casualty lists · blood transfusions · prosthetics · traumatic brain injury · shell shock · fractures · tourniquets · concussions · chemical burns · physical therapy · field dressings · lacerations · pain management · battle scars · depression
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- veteran benefitsVA benefits, VA loans, veteran benefits, GI Bill, disability benefits
- veteran rehabVA hospital, VA hospitals, veterans hospital, veterans affairs, veteran affairs
- injuriesbruise, fracture, sprain, fractures, concussion
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combat injuriesoccupational injuries
Harm from job duties
natural causes · sports injuries · illness · disease · workplace accidents
combat injuriesfull health
combat readiness · physical fitness · uninjured · unharmed · wellness