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Corporate 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.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (1 PDF file (210 pages)) : illustrations.
data file
Physical Medium monochrome
Series Consensus study report
Consensus study report.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Funding 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.
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
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Subject United States. Veterans Administration -- Management -- Evaluation.
United States. Veterans Administration.
Management.
Evaluation.
United States. Veterans Benefits Administration.
United States. Veterans Benefits Administration.
United States. Veterans Benefits Administration.
Brain damage -- Diagnosis -- United States.
Brain damage -- Diagnosis.
United States.
Disability evaluation -- United States.
Disability evaluation.
Disabled veterans -- Medical examinations -- United States.
Disabled veterans.
United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Technical reports.
Technical reports.
Other Form: Print version: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Evaluation of the Disability Determination Process for Traumatic Brain Injury in Veterans. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2020 9780309486866
ISBN 9780309486866
0309486866
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