The VA shrink I see said that in the 60s and 70s personality disorder was a required diagnosis even when the doctors knew it was inaccurate. Doctors knew something was going on but it wasn’t personality disorder. It was of course finally called Post Vietnam Syndrome, now known as PTSD. The entire ploy was to save money.
As to the claim made by the enlistee:who’s to say the claim is factual?
“Doctors knew something was going on but it wasn’t personality disorder. It was of course finally called Post Vietnam Syndrome, now known as PTSD. The entire ploy was to save money.”
As you said, they knew something was going on but didn’t know it was PTSD. I agree, so this means their aim was to provide the best diagnosis they could. Therefore, it had nothing to do with saving money as your own statement made clear they didn’t have the option of PTSD. Just PD.