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- The War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC) is a National VA Post-Deployment Health Resource established in 2001 in response to the needs of Veterans with war-related illness and post-deployment issues, as mandated by Congress following Public Law 105-368, Section 103.
- WRIISC has no equivalent within VA or the private sector.
- As an applied clinical translational center under the Office of Patient Care Services (PCS), the WRIISC focuses on the war-related health concerns of Veterans and their unique health care needs through clinical programs, education, and research.
- Our clinical servicesprovide expertise in military environmental and occupational exposure assessments and comprehensive medical evaluations for combat Veterans who have chronic, medically unexplained symptoms and/or difficult to diagnose symptoms that are potentially related to their deployment. Each site provides tertiary clinical consultation services for their respective catchment areas.
- Our clinical education offers direct post-deployment health education to Veterans, their families, loved ones, as well as health care providers. WRIISC ensures healthcare professionals have the knowledge and tools to provide the best clinical care to Veterans and delivers on the national military and environmental exposure education required by the PACT Act (PL 117-168).
- Our Veteran health surveillance and research programs focus on the needs of deployed Veterans by engaging with stakeholders to ensure that our efforts stay aligned with what Veterans require in their care. We develop and implement innovative interventions, designed to improve the health and well-being of all deployed Veterans.
Specialization defines the WRIISC sites, each having a focused Center of Excellence (CoE) which align with the unique knowledge and subject matter expertise at each center. These specialties have enabled WRIISC to continue to serve as the VA’s experts on post-deployment health and support mission critical efforts such as: studies of military environmental health (PL 115-929), Camp Lejeune clinical consultations, and oversight of the VA’s largest environmental health registry, as required by legislation (PL 112-260).
