The most recent data is:
•Approximately 61 percent (1,189,709) of all separated OEF/OIF/OND Veterans have used VA health care since October 1, 2001.
•Between April 1, 2014 and March 31, 2015, a total of 723,143 of these Veterans accessed VA health care.
•The frequency and percent of the three most common diagnoses were: musculoskeletal ailments (735,582 or 61.8 percent); symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions (conditions that do not have an immediately obvious cause or isolated laboratory test abnormalities) (690,869 or 58.1 percent); and mental disorders (685,540 or 57.6 percent). A Veteran can have more than one diagnosis.
Abbreviations: Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Iraqi Freedom (OIF), and New Dawn (OND)
These statics do not include Desert Shield and Desert Storm.