@inbook{10.7249/j.ctt6wq7xq.9, ISBN = {9780833085580}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/j.ctt6wq7xq.9}, abstract = {Approximately 22 million veterans live in the United States today (Department of Veterans Affairs [VA], 2013a). These veterans span multiple generations and eras of service, from World War II to the most recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Data from the VA indicate that roughly 3.8 million of these veterans receive compensation for a documented disability that resulted from a disease or injury incurred or aggravated during active military service (VA, 2013a).ยน The number and proportion of disabled veterans has increased significantly since 2001, largely as a result of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. While advanced technologies and battlefield}, bookauthor = {Rajeev Ramchand and Terri Tanielian and Michael P. Fisher and Christine Anne Vaughan and Thomas E. Trail and Caroline Epley and Phoenix Voorhies and Michael William Robbins and Eric Robinson and Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar}, booktitle = {Hidden Heroes: America's Military Caregivers}, pages = {1--28}, publisher = {RAND Corporation}, title = {Introduction}, year = {2014} }