Objectives: To address potential equity concerns about the US Department of Veterans
Affairs'(VA) process for adjudicating military service-related disability claims. Methods …

Executive summary The Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission (the Commission) asked
The CNA Corporation (CNAC) to help assess the appropriateness of the benefits that the …

The general consensus in studies of individuals seeking federal disability compensation is
that individuals “denied” disability compensation are healthier than those “awarded.” In …

Abstract The Departments of Defense and Veterans' Affairs (DoD and VA) pay about $35
billion in disability compensation to about 3.2 million veterans each year. Their disabilities …

The Department of Veterans Affairs VA oversees a disability program that makes payments
through the Veterans Benefits Administration VBA to compensate US veterans for medical …

This chapter describes the disabled US veteran population today, the costs involved in
treating this population, and discusses implications for future health care needs. It relies on …

As part of its mandate to “carry out a study of the benefits under the laws of the United States
that are provided to compensate and assist veterans and their survivors for disabilities and …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe time trends in the application and approval
rates for Veterans Affairs posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) disability benefits and identify …

Authors comparatively analyzed health and social isolation between US military veterans
denied Veterans Affairs (VA) disability compensation and veterans awarded VA disability …

Compensation is an essential benefit provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
for veterans with service connected conditions, which are illnesses or injuries incurred or …