Trauma

Veterans military sexual trauma disability claims still not being handled properly: watchdog

[ad_1] Veterans Affairs officials insist they are getting better at processing disability claims related to military sexual trauma, but outside…

2 years ago

“Purely subjective complaints such as headache, dizziness, insomnia, etc., recognized as symptomatic of brain trauma, will be rated 10[%] and no more under [DC] 9304. This 10[%] disability rating will not be combined with any other rating for a disability due to brain trauma. Ratings in excess of 10[%] for brain disease due to trauma under [DC] 9304 are not assignable in the absence of a diagnosis of non-psychotic [OBS] with brain trauma.” 2015 WL 5255331, at*8 (quoting 38 C.F.R. § 4.124a, DC 8045 (1988));

[ad_1] Single Judge Application; brain trauma 1970; 38 C.F.R. § 4.124, DC 8045 (1970) (providing that “[p]urely subjective complaints,…

3 years ago

A Marine vet reflects on the trauma triggers left from the Afghanistan War

[ad_1] This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. Cape…

3 years ago

Single Judge Application; service trauma; The Federal Circuit Court defines “service trauma” as “an injury or wound produced by an external physical force during the service member’s performance of military duties.” Nielson v. Shinseki, 23 Vet. App. 56, 60 (2009);

[ad_1] Single Judge Application; service trauma; The Federal Circuit Court defines “service trauma” as “an injury or wound produced…

3 years ago

The Trauma of Children of Addicts and Alcoholics

[ad_1] Living with an addict (including alcoholics [1] can feel like life in a war zone. The addict's personality changes…

3 years ago

Life Skills and Trauma Stressors

[ad_1] Health professionals may be baffled when survivors of trauma come to them after recovery, on reassessment, find out symptoms…

3 years ago