Minn. vets developing wear-and-tear injuries from equipment that protected them in war
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Thousands of Minnesota soldiers are returning from war to live with pain from invisible injuries that don't grab headlines, according to an MPR News report airing Monday afternoon on All Things Considered.
Data obtained by MPR News from the Department of Veterans Affairs show a dramatic increase in chronic back, neck, hip, knee and shoulder injuries over the past decade.
Some of these injuries are caused in combat or by the dangerous jobs soldiers perform overseas. But some injuries are caused by the very equipment meant to protect soldiers from harm.
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