The U.S. Army has gotten out of paying lifetime benefits to wounded soldiers by fraudulently diagnosing them with “personality disorder” (PD), a pre-existing condition that trumps any injuries suffered from combat. Doing so has saved the Department of Defense billions of dollars in denied medical care and other support that most wounded vets receive. More than 22,600 soldiers have been discharged with personality disorder since 2001, including troops who have served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. The cost-saving strategy and its human consequences have been well-chronicled for the past three years by Joshua Kors of The Nation.