Examined changes in the military medical profile of 360 Israeli soldiers treated for immediate combat stress disorder during the 1982 Lebanon war and a matched control group of 310 soldiers who participated in the same war and were not identified as combat stress reaction casualties. Although a significant lowering of the profile after the war was noted for both groups, these changes were much stronger for combat stress reaction casualties. There was also a much higher proportion of soldiers with psychiatric impairment in their profiles in the combat stress vs the nonstress group, at 38% and 3%, respectively.