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2023-03-23 19:50:31 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: BF4198954AC0F046F010D3CE305D45AAC204AD296F67E96E1B8AB3E20D140E62
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A spokesperson for the Department of Defense said that medical diagnoses from 2016-2020 were underreported in DMED due to a data error, which resulted in an apparent significant increase when comparing the figures with data from 2021. https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-militarydatabase-error/fact-check-dod-says-data-error-caused-spike-in-numbers-of-medical-diagnoses-in-their-medical-database-for-2021-idUSL1N2UY1S2
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