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On the recordMarch 25, 2015
if I am just deploying out, I am 19, 20, 21, 22, and I have chronic pain or whatever other ailments I may have, would you not think I should be evaluated by someone who specializes in it before you give me a prescription?
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin questions the need for specialist evaluation for young veterans with chronic pain.

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