Purpose Concerns that disability benefits may create disincentives for employment may be
especially relevant for young American military veterans, particularly veterans of the recent …

BACKGROUND: Veterans with disabilities, especially those with posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) have difficulty obtaining and maintaining …

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 …

Veterans with disabilities are less likely to work today than in the past; between 1995 and
2014, the percentage of veterans who were working while receiving disability compensation …

This manuscript assesses whether the Veterans Administration Rating System (VADR)
correlates with self-reported activities of daily living (ADL) used in the National Survey of …

Introduction: Employment is important to health, well-being, and adjustment from military to
civilian life. Given the importance of employment, we examine Veteran labour force …

Background Disability is increasingly part of the lives of veterans and more research is
needed to understand its impact on veterans' participation in disability benefit programs …

Abstract The US Department of Veterans Affairs' Disability Compensation (DC) program
provides disability benefits to nearly one in four US military veterans and has annual …

Background Although there is substantial disability among veterans, relatively little is known
about working-aged veterans' uptake of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Disability …

Purpose This article examines the impact on veteran employment of the US government's
pension benefit provisions for Union soldiers following the Civil War. Methods To do so, it …