Disability Evaluation of Military Servicemembers

Scott, Christine ; Panangala, Sidath V. ; Henning, Charles A. ; Szymendera, Scott

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Disability evaluation;    Disability insurance;    Social security;    Social security eligibility;    Military personnel;   

RP-ID  :  RL33991
RP-ID  :  RL33991_2009Jan27

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report is intended as a primer to describe disability evaluation in general, including evaluations used by the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in addition to civilian evaluations used by the Social Security Administration (SSA) and by workers' compensation programs. It also describes the DOD and VA disability rating processes in greater detail as well as recent congressional and executive actions and recommendations regarding DOD and VA disability evaluations.