Title: PTSD Compensation and Military Service
Subtitle: Progress and Promise
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.
Subjects: Disability Evaluation, Mental health, United States. Department of Veterans Affairs, Evaluation, Military pensions, Pensions, Organization & administration, United States, Post-traumatic stress disorder, United States. Veterans Benefits Administration, SELF-HELP, Combat Disorders, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Disabled veterans, Depression, Veterans Disability Claims, Pensions, military, Veterans, medical care