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Conn. to extend certain benefits to veterans with 'other than honorable' discharge

Many veterans with  "other than honorable discharge" status suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury, which can manifest as military misconduct.  Connecticut lawmakers have voted to extend them certain benefits.   
 
Kent Representative Brian Ohler says suicide rates are three times that of veterans with an honorable discharge or who don't suffer those conditions.  Ohler says these veterans have shed their blood for these treatments and benefits. 
 
Ohler, who served two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, is the first post-9/11 veteran to be elected to the General Assembly.  
 
The bill awaits the governor's signature. 

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