Improving The Presumptive Disability Decision-making Process For Veterans

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Synopsis
Produced by a committee of the Institute of Medicine, this report describes the current decision-making process for the provision of appropriate health care and disability compensation for veterans with health conditions that develop after military service which, in the absence of scientific evidence to create a complete link, are presumed to be connected to their military service. The report contains a brief history of presumptive disability decisions, description of the decision-making process, legislative background on presumptions, and evaluations of selected case studies of specific exposures and illnesses, and proposes a revised framework for building stronger scientific evidence into the process for making presumptive decisions in the future. The 13 appendices contain information organized by the Committee and Institute of Medicine to assist readers in understanding the background and issues; three of the appendices are in the book and ten are on an accompanying CD-ROM. No subject index. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
Copyright:
2008

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780309107303
Publisher:
National Academy Press
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Copyrighted By:
the National Academy of Sciences.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Military, Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
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Bookshare Staff
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