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VAOIG Report: Prosthetics Limb Care in VA Facilities (March 8, 2012)
Category: Prosthetics & Sensory Aids
In FY 2011, 6,026 veterans underwent an amputation, with 2,248 having major amputations. Of the 6,026 veterans, 107 (1.8 percent) were female and 24 were veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn (OEF/OIF/OND). The majority of the 1,288 OEF/OIF/OND servicemembers with a major traumatic amputation were under 30 years of age, enlisted, male, and served in the Army. The VAOIG assessed VA credentialing requirements for prosthetists and orthotists; the demand for health care services; and psychosocial adjustments and activity limitations of OEF/OIF/OND veterans with amputations and their satisfaction with VA prosthetic services.
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