Share of U.S. WWP veterans needing assistance with select daily activities in 2020
Around 55 percent of U.S. veterans and active service members who incurred a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound while serving in the military on or after September 11, 2001 who responded to the annual Wounded Warrior Project Survey in 2020 required assistance or were completely dependent on assistance from another person for one or more daily activities. The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) is a U.S. charity and veteran organization for veterans and service members who incurred a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound while serving in the military on or after September 11, 2001. This statistic shows the percentage distribution of U.S. veterans and active service members of the Wounded Warrior Project with injuries or health problems related to their service who required assistance with daily activities during an average week in 2020, by activity and level of assistance.