Evaluation of the disability determination process for traumatic brain injury in veterans

"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...

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Corporate Authors: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) (-), Committee on the Review of the Department of Veterans Affairs Examinations for Traumatic Brain Injury, contributor (contributor), Board on Health Care Services, Health and Medicine Division, contributor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press [2019]
Series:Consensus study report.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009621974506719
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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"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 198 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:9780309486897
9780309486873