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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451746203321

Titolo

A 21st century system for evaluating veterans for disability benefits [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Medical Evaluation of Veterans for Disability Compensation, Board on Military and Veterans Health ; Michael McGeary ... [et al.], editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, 2007

ISBN

1-280-96902-4

9786610969029

0-309-10632-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (407 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

McGearyMichael G. H

Disciplina

362.4086/97

Soggetti

Disabled veterans - United States

Disability retirement - United States

Military pensions - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Tables, Figures, and Boxes""; ""Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Veterans with Disabilities in the 21st Century""; ""3 Impairment, Disability, and Quality of Life""; ""4 The Rating Schedule""; ""5 The Medical Examination and Disability Rating Process""; ""6 Medical Criteria for Ancillary Benefits""; ""7 Individual Unemployability""; ""8 Other Diagnostic Classification Systems and Rating Schedules""; ""9 Service Connection on Aggravation and Secondary Bases""

""10 Conclusion: Into the 21st Century""""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members, Consultants, and Staff""; ""Appendix B: Committee Charge""; ""Appendix C: The Relationship Between Impairments and Earnings Losses in Multicondition Studies""; ""Appendix D: The Role of Medical Personnel in Selected Disability Benefit Programs""; ""Appendix E: Diagram: Assessing Impairment and Functional Disability""