Mother of son wounded in Iraq tells of struggles to get him care
After suffering a serious brain injury in the Iraq war, Army Specialist Evan Mettie, was declared "killed in action." Mettie, 23, survived the New Year's Day explosion in 2006 but was left dependent on a veterans health-care system that has transferred him to several hospitals and could soon send him home. Mettie's mother, Denise, signed away her son's health-care options without realizing it, agreeing to a medical retirement for her son only weeks after the explosion outside of Baji, Iraq, north of Baghdad.
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