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The Pentagon has decided that it will not award the Purple Heart, the hallowed medal given to those wounded or killed by enemy action, to war veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder because it is not a physical wound.
The decision ends the hope of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who have the condition and had hoped that the Purple Hearts could honor their sacrifice and help remove some of the stigma associated with the condition.
A Pentagon advisory group decided against the award because, it said, the condition had not been intentionally caused by enemy action and because it remained difficult to diagnose and quantify. The New York Times
