Amanda Mineer

Psychiatric Disability: VA Benefits

A recent study found that nearly 25% of all veterans suffer from a mental illness of some kind. In many of these cases, veterans have a psychiatric disability that entitles them to disability benefit ...

Veterans: Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) happens when brain function is disrupted by a sudden head injury or trauma. For today’s veterans, the most common cause can be linked to IEDs encountered during the Iraq ...

PTSD: Recognizing it and Seeking Help

While Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is not limited to military veterans, it is a condition many veterans returning from war experience. It is important to never brush aside these symptoms, ...

What is PTSD and Why You May Have It

PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, is not always associated with a physical injury. It occurs after being involved in a trauma, meaning something horrendous, scaring or shocking. Being involved in ...

Overview of Special Monthly Compensation

As an injured veteran, you are afforded a disability compensation if you’re injured or become ill during your time of service in the military. But, if you lost a limb, your sight or hearing, you ...

Study to Help Identify Veterans at Risk of Suicide

With suicide rates at near-epidemic levels in the United States military, efforts to help identify cases of suicide in veterans have intensified. The Department Of Veterans Affairs is currently ...

Brain Injury Can Hurt Employment Prospects for Veterans

Veterans who have suffered a traumatic brain injury during combat are much less likely to find a job when they return home, compared to veterans who did not suffer an injury.

Female Veteran Suicide Rates Are Staggeringly High

Veterans’ Groups File Suit against VA over New Claim Policy

Navigating C&P Psych Reports & Advocating for Accurate Assessment

BULLETIN APRIL 2015 Challenging unfavorable C&P psych reports based on observations made during the examination??