For several years now, the VA has been assigning inadequate disability ratings to veterans who suffer from mild traumatic brain injuries.
In the past year, the VA has screened 190,000 of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans for brain injury. About 20 percent showed signs of a brain injury, but only about 5 percent were confirmed as suffering the wound. The reason for the low number is that wounds such as brain injuries from blasts, do not show up on scans and are only understood by what patients say they are suffering.
Until recently, and probably as a result of the massive number of veterans that return from their tour of duty with brain injuries, the science surrounding mild to severe brain injuries had not been thoroughly explorered.
Thankfully however, the VA has taken a huge step in the right direction by modifying their 1961 rating schedule for mild brain trauma. Vets currently receiving disability benefits for mild TBI will be happily surprised when they learn of the increase in their monthly payment.
If you're a US veteran who recently returned from war and suffer from headaches, dizziness, sensitivity to light, ringing in the ears, irritability and/or insomnia,
call us today to file your disability claim.
To read more about the VA's decisions about mild TBI,
click here.
Category: Veterans' Disability
Labels: Afghanistan brain, disability, dizziness, ears, headaches, injury, insomnia Iraq, irritability, light, mild, ringing, sensitivity, TBI, veterans, war,
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