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If the VBA determines that a veteran has service-connected PTSD, then they assign a disability rating, expressed as a percentage. This disability rating determines the amount of compensation [57] and other disability benefits the VA provides the veteran. The disability rating indicates the extent to which PTSD has deprived the veteran of their ...
To apply for the full range of disability benefits a veteran needs to either have one injury with a 100% disability rating or multiple injuries with ratings that add up to 100%. The list of ...
The clinical relevance of PCCI is significant, considering the increasing number of long-term cancer survivors in the population, many of whom may have been treated with aggressive dosing of chemotherapeutic agents, or with chemotherapy as an adjuvant to other forms of treatment. [7] In some patients, fear of PCCI can impact treatment decisions.
(3) If the disability is anxiety neurosis of a severe type. (4) If the disability is a mental breakdown or psychosis requiring treatment in a mental hospital. It is, however, considered that many of such cases could, after recovery, be usefully employed in some form of auxiliary military duty.
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD, cPTSD, or hyphenated C-PTSD) is a stress-related mental and behavioral disorder generally occurring in response to complex traumas [1] (i.e., commonly prolonged or repetitive exposures to a series of traumatic events, from which one sees little or no chance to escape).
Thus, PTSD continues to affect World War II veterans and their families. In the 1990's a questionnaire was given to a sample of Dutch WWII veterans. Out of 4057 veterans 66 of them fall under the qualifications for a PTSD diagnosis. The higher percentage of these were people, who had been victims of persecution.
“The VA is already so understaffed that much of their care is sent out into the community through programs like ‘Community Cares.’ “Not specialty clinics though.
(4) If the disability is a mental breakdown or psychosis requiring treatment in a mental hospital. It is, however, considered that many of such cases could, after recovery, be usefully employed in some form of auxiliary military duty. Part of the concern was that many British veterans were receiving pensions and had long-term disabilities.