VA-DoD Disability Reforms: "The President’s Commission on Care for America’s Returning Wounded Warriors, in releasing its final report Wednesday, recommended getting “DoD completely out of the disability business” by giving VA sole responsibility for setting disability ratings and awarding compensation. Disabled service members would see the current “confusing, parallel systems of ratings and compensation” replaced by a single, simple and more generous system.
Other commission recommendations call for: a patient-centered recovery plan for each severely-injured member; aggressive prevention and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury; strengthened support services for families of wounded members; faster transfer of patient information between DoD and VA; and shoring up staff at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center until its closing in 2011."
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