Traumatic Brain Injuries

1. Traumatic Brain Injuries Texas Veterans Commission Abel Guevara & Robert Pantoja Spring 2009

2. Definition and Causes of TBI TBI definition Leading causes of TBI

3. Incidence of TBI Number being compensated Number from Iraq and Afghanistan Number of combat-related TBIs Symptoms following TBI

4. Anoxic Brain Injury Definition of Anoxic Brain Injury Anoxic brain injury and the Rating Schedule, Analogous rating of TBI

5. Minimum evaluation (VA) Minimum ratings, Improvement following TBI.

6. Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Definition of Activities of Daily Living for TBI Definition of Activities of Daily Living for A&A Assessment of TBI residuals

7. Duty to Assist (VA) Evidence of record, Types of evidence, Neuropsychological testing

8. Apraxia Definition of Apraxia Effect on brain, Testing for apraxia, Separate neurological evaluations.

9. Three areas of dysfunction Cognitive, Emotional/behavioral, Physical (including neurological)

10. 1. Cognitive Impairment Signs Executive functions of the brain Rating procedures

11. Eval. of Cognitive Impairment and subjective symptoms (VA) DC 8045 Each facet contains criteria for assigning a level of impairment for each facet as appropriate Levels of impairment Assign a 100% evaluation Overall Evaluation

12. 2. Emotional/behavioral Dysfunction Evaluating Emotional/behavioral, Absence of a a mental disorder, Rating Note, Overall evaluation.

13. 3. Physical and Neurological Impairment Evaluation of physical (including neurological) dysfunctions

14. Other conditions identified Other rating concerns�.

15. Mild, Moderate and Severe TBI classifications

16. Practical Exercise