I think you've stated it eloquently. Certainly from the position of people on this side of it, that's what it feels like.
One other veteran who prepares these claims for other Afghan vets did seven tours over there and he, himself, became PTSD-diagnosed after seven. He now spends his time preparing pensionable award claims for other veterans who are coming back and he describes it as a battle. He says the battle now is at home and the battle is to get care for these people.
You have to do the paperwork first and it takes a minimum of three months. I was reading a website the other day on the veterans and what they consider to be a successful turnover rate of claims is 80% within 16 weeks or something. It was just a staggering number. How can you even benchmark that as a success or have a benchmark like that when you're dealing with this issue, a life-and-death issue?
The best thing I've read on the subject in the last while was testimony here, I believe it was the March 7 session. I think it was from the NATO veterans association, which said you need crisis response teams.