Brain-Injury Benefits Expanded

Veterans who suffer from five ailments related to traumatic brain injury (TBI) now qualify for health care and benefits. Under new guidelines, the Department of Veterans Affairs will cover those TBI victims who also have Parkinson’s disease, certain types of dementia, depression, unprovoked seizures, or unprovoked seizures or diseases of the hypothalamus and pituitary glands. Affected service members and veterans can file a claim, or amend an existing claim, by using the eBenefits Web site at www.eBenefits.va.gov/ebenefits.