20: Percentage of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who are at least partially disabled

144,000: Number of Iraq war veterans who sought health care in the first quarter of this year

23: Percentage by which that exceeded government projections for all four quarters of this year

$122 billion: Projected cost of disability benefits for veterans injured in Iraq

Sources: Houston Chronicle; New York Times


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