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Blog: Reflecting on Traumatic Brain Injury Month

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Kurt Goldstein and Frieda Fromm-Reichmann on Traumatic Brain Injury
 
Symptoms are an amalgam of neurological injuries and the survivor’s individual physical and psychological efforts to adapt to those injuries
 
By Harold Kudler, MD
 
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New VA Regulations Link Five Diseases to TBI

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Submitted by prudygourguecho... on Mon, 12/10/2012 - 13:05

According to a story in the December 7 issue of the Military Times, The Department of Veterans Affairs will add five medical conditions that, if diagnosed in conjunction with documented brain injury, will automatically confer "service connected" status. 

This new regulation will speed the process for some veterans in obtaining benefits. 

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