[kaitai]

In particular, young veterans use the VA mostly in the case that they don't have private health insurance (a job with health insurance, mostly), so the healthier young veterans don't use the VA. Older vets often use the VA because they're retired and it has good services. My grandfather uses the VA without any service injuries because they've got comprehensive care for older guys -- all the services in one building; a great-uncle used them for hearing aids (slightly service-related) but not anything else; younger vets I know just use private care for now.

[maxerickson]

The statistics I link are specific to veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), and Operation New Dawn (OND).