Changes in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Service Connection Among Veterans Under Age 55: An 18-Year Ecological Cohort Study.

CONCLUSIONS: Particularly for men, discontinuing or reducing PTSD service connection in this cohort was rare and often reversed. Regardless of gender, most Veterans with discontinued PTSD service connection did not experience reductions in their overall, total disability rating. Cost-benefit analyses could help determine if mandated, age-based re-evaluations of PTSD service connection are cost-effective. PMID: 30938816 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Military Medicine - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Mil Med Source Type: research