VA disability compensation functions as government payment for service-connected harm, not welfare, and the language used to ...

More than 5 million Americans are living with permanent TBI-related disability related to traumatic brain injury, which can severely impact quality of life. Unfortunately, people with TBI are often ...

Secondary conditions are disabilities caused by conditions the Department of Veterans Affairs already recognizes as service ...

Editors note: June is Brain Injury Awareness Month. It provides an opportunity for the public to be more educated about the consequences of brain injuries. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major ...

WASHINGTON D.C. – The Veterans Board of Appeals heard oral arguments Wednesday by a disabled vet who charged that the Fort Harrison VA near Helena is “organizationally incompetent.” Charles Gatlin, a ...

The use of CT-based automation for traumatic brain injury may serve as a valuable tool for clinicians to predict disability outcomes in patients. Utilizing automated computed tomography (CT) scans to ...

A study finds that blood tests taken the day of a traumatic brain injury can predict which patients are likely to die or survive with severe disability, allowing clinicians to make decisions earlier ...

Two biomarkers present in blood measured on the day of traumatic brain injury (TBI) can accurately predict a patient's risk for death or severe disability 6 months later, new research suggests. In new ...

Blood tests taken within 24 hours of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) flag which patients are likely to die and which patients are likely to survive with severe disability, according to a study headed ...

This article was written for our sponsor, Alliance Health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that 26.8 percent of adults in North Carolina have some type of intellectual or ...

A study of Abbott’s rapid, portable blood test for evaluating concussions showed that by taking a sample on the day of a traumatic brain injury, the presence of certain biomarkers could help predict ...

After traumatic brain injury (TBI), some patients may recover completely, while others retain severe disabilities. Accurately ...