After five years of denials, a former Marine suffering from PTSD and brain injury finally receives full VA disability ...

Veterans with a 70% VA disability rating and dependants will receive up to $2,028.19 monthly in 2025. The tax-free payment ...

Secondary outcomes Clinical Behavior Checklist for Evaluating Consciousness Disorders: Glasgow Coma Scale, Coma Recovery Scale-Revised, Wessex Head Injury Matrix and Full Outline of UnResponsiveness ...

Veterans qualify for VA disability compensation if they have a service-connected illness or injury—caused or worsened by active military service—resulting in a disability rating from 10% to 100%.

Introduction Reports on the association between comorbidity and functional status and risk of death in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) have been inconsistent; it is currently unknown which ...

Amid an ongoing debate about veterans benefits, here’s how the disability rating system works and what veterans deal with as they navigate it. Jeff Schogol Published Dec 9, 2024 7:30 AM EST ...

If you developed multiple disabilities from your service, the VA has a complicated formula for combining them into a single rating. It's possible to get a 100 percent disability rating by having ...

Objective: To translate, adapt, and validate the "Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ)," a tool that evaluates community integration after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Methods: A study of 61 TBI ...

A significant percentage of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) may recover at least partial independence if life support is not quickly withdrawn, according to study results published ...

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) can potentially qualify for disability benefits through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) if it is considered a service-connected ...

The number of veterans receiving VA disability compensation had increased to nearly 30% of all veterans by fiscal year 2022, compared to 9% in FY 2000, according to data from the U.S. Department ...