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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) began to provide disability benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the 1980s after the diagnosis became part of official psychiatric nosology. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious, potentially debilitating psychiatric disorder that can develop after experiencing one or more ...
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the component of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) led by the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health [2] that implements the healthcare program of the VA through a nationalized healthcare service in the United States, providing healthcare and healthcare-adjacent services to veterans through the administration and operation ...
The WHO study has been criticized, in an article published in Health Affairs, for its failure to include the satisfaction ratings of the general public. [194] The study found that there was little correlation between the WHO rankings for health systems and the stated satisfaction of citizens using those systems. [ 194 ]
In June 2015, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs issued an Interim final rule providing presumptive service connection for post-Vietnam C-123 aircrews, maintenance staff and aeromedical evacuation crews. The VA now provides medical care and disability compensation for the recognized list of Agent Orange illnesses. [133]
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSD or SSDI) is a payroll tax-funded federal insurance program of the United States government.It is managed by the Social Security Administration and designed to provide monthly benefits to people who have a medically determinable disability (physical or mental) that restricts their ability to be employed.
The following is a list of notable foreign members of the Legion of Honor by their country of origin. The Legion of Honor is the highest decoration in France. and is divided into five degrees (lower to higher): Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer), Commandeur (Commander), Grand Officier (Grand Officer) and Grand Croix (Grand Cross).
[37] [38] Trump nominated Tillerson for the position as top U.S. diplomat (the equivalent of a foreign minister) on December 13, 2016. [39] He was approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on January 23, 2017, [40] and by the full Senate in a 56–43 vote. [37] [38] Nikki Haley was confirmed as UN Ambassador by a vote of 96-4. [41]
[129]: 37–38 The Cuban economy fell into decline after large sectors of the economy were neglected when large amounts of urban labor mobilized to the countryside. [129]: 38 The standard of living in the 1970s was "extremely spartan" and discontent was rife. [130] Fidel Castro admitted the failures of economic policies in a 1970 speech. [130]