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Tbi Criteria - Schedule Of Rating Disability
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2009/jul...38cfr4.124a.htm 8045 Residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI): There are three main areas of dysfunction that may result from TBI and have profound effects on functioning: cognitive (which is common in varying degrees after TBI), emotional/behavioral, and physical. Each of these areas of dysfunction may require evaluation......................... Cognitive impairment is defined as decreased memory, concentration, attention, and executive functions of the brain. Executive functions are goal setting, speed of information processing, planning, organizing, prioritizing…
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Purple Heart For Tbi
I have a TBI rating of 10% amongst other things. I know that a while ago the military started granting Purple Hearts for a TBI injury. Has anyone been sucessful in getting the Purple Heart Award for TBI? I'm currious about the process. Thanks
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TBI vet here, I think a miracle happened...
I've been a reader here for years, rarely talk, took advice, filed my claim, was denied, appealed, you know the drill. I'll try to give the basics of my story from hell. During the Gulf War, stateside, I had an accident while we were loading aircraft and I was knocked unconscious. Being the gentlemen that they were, my buddies carried me to the side and finished loading the aircraft. Afterwards they laid me on the couch in the break room and I came to sometime later. The accident wasn't documented, But I did start showing up at the base hospital complaining of nausea, vomiting, headaches and sleep problems. One doctor was so irritated at my complaints that she …
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Tbi Question
Okay, my mind wanders and I been wonderin. Say one incurred a concussion, knocked out and recovers enough to be released next day, recorded in medical records, is that considered a TBI? Treatment at 2 different hospitals, but later released after being 'watched' overnight. Or is a TBI a severe impact that causes a chronic condition, needs followup care, stivitches bandaged, surgery etc? To have the TBI recognized as such, does the vet need ongoing care? or just wait until something occurs that 'reconnects' the injury to a current condition? The dumb question is the one not asked, cg
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ptsd Mild Traumatic Brain Injury & Ptsd
1: Am J Epidemiol. 2008 Jun 15;167(12):1446-52. Epub 2008 Apr 17. Links Understanding sequelae of injury mechanisms and mild traumatic brain injury incurred during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan: persistent postconcussive symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder. Schneiderman AI, Braver ER, Kang HK.War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center, Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC 20422, USA. aaron.schneiderman@va.gov A cross-sectional study of military personnel following deployment to conflicts in Iraq or Afghanistan ascertained histories of combat theater injury mechanisms and mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) and current prevalence of posttrauma…
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Effects Of Traumatic Brain Injury (tbi) On Brain Structure And Function.
1: J Neurotrauma. 2006 Oct;23(10):1396-411. Links In vivo characterization of traumatic brain injury neuropathology with structural and functional neuroimaging. Levine B, Fujiwara E, O'Connor C, Richard N, Kovacevic N, Mandic M, Restagno A, Easdon C, Robertson IH, Graham SJ, Cheung G, Gao F, Schwartz ML, Black SE.Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto, Canada. levine@psych.utoronto.ca Quantitative neuroimaging is increasingly used to study the effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on brain structure and function. This paper reviews quantitative structural and functional neuroimaging studies of patients with TBI, with an emphasis on …
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Tbi Study: Injury Severity And Quantified Mri.
1: Neurology. 2008 Mar 4;70(10):771-8. Links The Toronto traumatic brain injury study: injury severity and quantified MRI. Levine B, Kovacevic N, Nica EI, Cheung G, Gao F, Schwartz ML, Black SE.Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto, Canada. blevine@rotman-baycrest.on.ca OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between regional brain volume changes and traumatic brain injury (TBI) severity in patients with and without focal lesions. METHODS: Sixty-nine chronic-phase TBI patients spanning the full range of severity were recruited from consecutive hospital admissions. Patients received high-resolution structural MRI a minimum of 1 year afte…
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Impaired Cognitive Reaction Time: Study Of Mild Tbi
1: AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2008 May;29(5):967-73. Epub 2008 Feb 13. Extent of microstructural white matter injury in postconcussive syndrome correlates with impaired cognitive reaction time: a 3T diffusion tensor imaging study of mild traumatic brain injury.Department of Psychiatry, Sackler Institute, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10065, USA. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) may be a useful index of microstructural changes implicated in diffuse axonal injury (DAI) linked to persistent postconcussive symptoms, especially in mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), for which conventional MR imaging techniques may lack sensiti…
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ptsd Screening And Evaluation Of Possible Traumatic Brain Injury
VHA DIRECTIVE 2007-013 1. PURPOSE: This Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Directive establishes policy and procedure for screening and evaluation of possible traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) veterans. 2. BACKGROUND a. TBI is a common form of injury in service men and women serving in OEF and/or OIF. Details on the screening and management of TBI can be found in the Employee Education System Veterans Health Initiative (VHI) module (see par. 5). As experience with this condition in OEF and OIF veterans accumulated, it became clear that screening for possible TBI in OEF and OIF veterans could contribute …
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Va Changing Tbi Rating Schedule.
VA Announces Changes to the Disability Rating Schedule for Traumatic Brain Injuries and Burn Scars September 23, 2008 (Printable Version) Increased Compensation Possible for Some Veterans WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced changes in the way VA will evaluate traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and burn scars for purposes of determining the appropriate level of compensation veterans receive for these injuries. “These important regulatory changes will allow VA decision makers to better assess the consequences of these injuries and ensure veterans are properly compensated for their residual effects,” stated Secretary of Veteran…
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Will the benefit changes for mild TBI impact soldiers diagnosed with post concussion syndrome? What does the VA say the differences are between the two?
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A Review Of The Neuropsychological Effects Of Commonly Used Prescription Medications.
1: Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 1998 Apr;13(3):259-84. A review of the neuropsychological effects of commonly used prescription medications. Stein RA, Strickland TL. HIV Mental Health Services, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Torrance, 90509, USA. The practice of clinical neuropsychology has traditionally accorded limited attention to the impact of prescription medications on cognitive functioning. Though neuropsychologists see a wide array of patients with cerebropathologic and other organ system disease that are under pharmacotherapy, systematic attention to how these compounds potentially affect neuropsychol…
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