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Author National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Review of the Department of Veterans Affairs Examinations for Traumatic Brain Injury, author.

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
SUBJECT United States Veterans Benefits Administration
United States. Veterans Administration. fast (OCoLC)fst00558176
United States. Veterans Benefits Administration. naf http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no89011683
Subject 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.
SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481
Subject United States.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780309486866
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9780309486873
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