AdvertisementPTSD: Not A New Ailment On 'Wartorn' BattlefieldNovember 08, 2010facebookEmailIn July, Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, the Army Vice Chief of Staff, ordered that all soldiers returning from combat should be evaluated by a mental health panel. A June study by the U.S. Army found that 8 percent to 14 percent of all infantry solders serving in Iraq and Afghanistan return from war seriously disabled by mental health problems.