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Sociologists explore veteran service-connected disability in new study

Jun 29, 2021

Service-Connected Disability and the Veteran Mortality Disadvantage

Scott D. Landes, Andrew S. London & Janet M. Wilmoth

Armed Forces & Society, June 2021

Scott Landes

Scott Landes


Andrew S. London

Andrew S. London


Janet M. Wilmoth

Janet M. Wilmoth


"Service-Connected Disability and the Veteran Mortality Disadvantage," co-authored by Maxwell sociologists Scott Landes, Andrew London and Janet Wilmoth, was published in Armed Forces & Society. Their results indicate that service-connected disability status accounts for some variation in, and may have a cumulative effect on, the veteran mortality disadvantage. Future research should account for service-connected disability status when studying veteran–nonveteran mortality differentials. 06/28/21