"VA boosts payments for brain injuries; New assessment to aid veterans" by Pauline Jelinek, Associated Press | September 24, 2008
WASHINGTON - The government is more than quadrupling monthly payments to some veterans suffering brain injuries, as the number of such war wounds mounts from the roadside bombings of Iraq and Afghanistan.
The new compensation is based on the assessment that even some troops who have the mildest form of traumatic brain injury could end up with chronic headaches, memory loss, anxiety, or other symptoms that will hurt their chances of getting a job or advancing - thus reducing lifetime earnings by 40 percent.
The rating change means that an unmarried veteran, who now receives $117 monthly in compensation, will receive $512. Extra money also will be calculated for troops with spouses and children.
Still not enough; where are THEIR BILLIONS for a BAILOUT, America?
Mild traumatic brain injury is basically a form of concussion that results from severe shaking of the brain after a blast. It can cause blurred vision, insomnia, irritability, and other problems.
Roughly 1.7 million American troops have served in Iraq and Afghanistan and a RAND Corporation study estimated early this year that up to 320,000 may have suffered a traumatic brain injury.
All for a damn bunch of LIES!!!!!
Officials say that the vast majority of the cases are mild - and that most veterans recover from the mild cases in weeks or months.
At which point the Army ends them back for another tour of duty!!!!
The extra disability compensation is expected to cost nearly $124 million through 2017. That's based on the assumption that the number of troops who get such payments will rise steadily in the coming years to 5,100 for 2017 from about 800 new cases a year now.
Yup, TRILLIONS for WAR LOOTERS and BANKS, BILLIONS for ISRAEL -- and CHUMP CHANGE for our DAMAGED SOLDIERS!!!!!!!!
The number of troops going to the VA with brain injuries was only about 200 annually before the start of the Iraq war, where insurgent use of roadside explosives and car-bombs has made brain injuries, amputations, burns, and post-traumatic stress disorder the vast majority of wounds from the campaign. Insurgents are also increasingly using explosives in Afghanistan.
"Insurgents," huh?
See Occupation Iraq: Far From Done (and associated links within)
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