claim: 500,000 u.s. troops came home from iraq and afghanistan "with ptsd and traumatic brain injury."
author: bernie sanders
evidence_1: nov 14, 2015 ... have a half-million veterans experienced ptsd and brain trauma? ... sanders  said 500,000 u.s. troops came home from iraq and afghanistan ...
evidence_2: jul 28, 2015 ... 500,000 — 500,000 came home with ptsd and traumatic brain ... on twitter last  summer, he said: “some 500,000 men and women have come back from iraq  and afghanistan with ptsd or tbi. ... in fact, when we inquired about the claim,  the sanders' campaign sent us a ... 500,000 returning soldiers.
evidence_3: 500,000 u.s. troops came home from iraq and afghanistan "with ptsd and  traumatic brain injury." — politifact iowa on saturday, november 14th, 2015.
evidence_4: while ptsd extends far beyond the military—affecting about eight million  american ... to 30%., as many as 500,000 u.s. troops who served in these wars  over the past 13 ... for veterans returning from iraq and afghanistan, chronic pain  continues to be ... health symptoms attributed to mild traumatic brain injury ( concussion).
evidence_5: apr 17, 2008 ... nearly 20 percent of military service members who have returned from iraq ... that  they experienced a possible traumatic brain injury while deployed, ... u.s. troops  have deployed to the wars in iraq and afghanistan, with many ...