PTSD Compensation and Military Service
Subtitle: Progress and Promise
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: July 27, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780309105521
Subjects: Warfare & Defence; Technology / Military Science; General; Public Policy - Social Security; Psychology; Disabled veterans; Evaluation; Mental health; Pensions; Post-traumatic stress disorder; United States
Description: PTSD Compensation and Military Service presents an assessment of how U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs evaluates veterans with possible post-traumatic stress disorder and determines the level of disability support to which they are entitled. The book gives a history of mental health disability compensation of military personnel and reviews current compensation and pension examination procedure and disability determination methodology. It recommends changes that would improve fairness, consistency, and scientific foundation of this program.