Abstract: The Aid and Attendance (A&A) benefit is a cash entitlement for Veterans who served in the U.S. military to obtain personal care services. Our objective was to identify …
Abstract: Tinnitus is highly prevalent among military Veterans. Severe tinnitus can be associated with negative impacts on daily life. Veterans with severe tinnitus may also have …
Abstract: Objective: Gulf War Illness (GWI) and alcohol use are both major sources of disability among Gulf War Veterans. The goal of this secondary data analysis was to examine …
Abstract: It is estimated that in one in three women veterans experience military sexual trauma (MST), which is strongly associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A …
Abstract: The benefits of sports and exercise to the lives and rehabilitative journeys of military veterans with disabilities is increasingly well-documented but veteran sporting …
Abstract: It is estimated that the VA will have rendered decisions on roughly 1.4 million disability claims in 2021. A substantial percentage of these are for mental health …
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: First-term attrition (FTA), or failure of a military service member to complete their initial service contract, is a major financial burden and source of …
Abstract: Over 36% of post–9/11 era veterans have a disability, but little research has examined wounded veterans’ finances. We investigated main and interaction effects of …
Abstract: War disability occupies a prominent space within the small but rapidly blossoming field of disability history. The experience of maiming in war can contribute to a …
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a primary source of long-term disability and decreased quality of life (QoL) in service members (SM) with lower limb loss (LL); …
Abstract: Tinnitus and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are among the top service-connected disabilities within the Veterans Health Administration. Extant research shows that …
Abstract: Through the analysis of 24 in-depth, semi-structured interviews, this study explored the process through which disability affects veterans’ experiences in the …