Improving the presumptive disability decision-making process for veterans [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Evaluation of the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process for Veterans, Board on Military and Veterans Health, Insitute of Medicine of the National Academies ; Jonathan M. Samet and Catherine C. Bodurow, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910810084703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2008
• ISBN: 0-309-16439-7; 1-281-76744-1; 9786611767440; 0-309-10731-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xxxi, 407 p. : ill
• Altri autori (Persone): SametJonathan M; BodurowCatherine C
• Disciplina: 616.07/5
• Soggetti: Disability evaluation - Decision making; Disabled veterans - Medical care - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Appendices A-C included in text; appendices D-M on accompanying CD-ROM.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Reviewers -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- General Summary -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Brief History of Presumptive Disability Decisions for Veterans -- 3 The Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process -- 4 Legislative Background on Presumptions -- 5 Case Studies Summary Chapter -- 6 Establishing an Evidence-Based Framework -- 7 Scientific Evidence for Causation in the Population -- 8 Synthesizing the Evidence for Causation -- 9 Applying Population-Based Results to Individuals: From Observational Studies to Personal Compensation -- 10 Health and Exposure Data Infrastructure to Improve the Scientific Basis of Presumptions -- 11 Governmental Classification and Secrecy -- 12 The Way Forward -- 13 Recommendations -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Statement of the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission to the Institute of Medicine's ; Committee on the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process, May 31, 2006 -- Appendix B: Committee on Evaluation of the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process for Veterans Open Session Meeting Agendas -- Appendix C: Glossary -- Appendixes D-M (originally on enclosed CD) -- Title Page -- Appendix D: Historical Background -- Appendix E: Arguments Favoring and Opposing Presumptions -- Appendix F: Tables: Summary of Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Legislative History -- Appendix G: VA's White Paper on the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process -- Appendix H: IOM's Statements of Task and Conclusions for Agent Orange and Gulf War Reports -- Appendix I: Case Studies -- Appendix J: Causation and Statistical Causal Methods -- Appendix K: Sources of Health and Exposure Data for Veterans -- Appendix L: Additional Classification and Secrecy Information.; Appendix M: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members, Consultants, and Staff.