Title Evaluation of the disability determination process for traumatic brain injury in veterans / Committee on the Review of the Department of Veterans Affairs Examinations for Traumatic Brain Injury, Board on Health Care Services, Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Published Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (1 PDF file (210 pages)) : illustrations Series Consensus study report Consensus study report. Contents Introduction -- Diagnosis and assessment of traumatic brain injury -- Disability determination process for veterans with traumatic brain injury -- Characteristics of a high-quality process for determining disability resulting from traumatic brain injury -- Summary and recommendations -- Appendixes Summary The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) provides disability compensation to veterans with a service-connected injury, and to receive disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), a veteran must submit a claim or have a claim submitted on his or her behalf. Evaluation of the Disability Determination Process for Traumatic Brain Injury in Veterans reviews the process by which the VA assesses impairments resulting from traumatic brain injury for purposes of awarding disability compensation. This report also provides recommendations for legislative or administrative action for improving the adjudication of veterans' claims seeking entitlement to compensation for all impairments arising from a traumatic brain injury Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes This activity was supported by a contract between the National Academy of Sciences and the Department of Veterans Affairs (Contract No. 36C10X18C0019). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization or agency that provided support for the project Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed October 21, 2019) Subject United States. Veterans Administration -- Management -- Evaluation United States Veterans Benefits Administration United States. Veterans Administration United States. Veterans Benefits Administration. Brain damage -- Diagnosis -- United States Disability evaluation -- United States Disabled veterans -- Medical examinations -- United States Veterans Disability Claims Brain Injuries, Traumatic -- diagnosis War-Related Injuries -- diagnosis Veterans Health -- legislation & jurisprudence Brain damage -- Diagnosis Disability evaluation Management -- Evaluation United States United States Form Electronic book ISBN 9780309486866 0309486866 9780309486873 0309486874 9780309486897 0309486890

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