Improving the presumptive disability decision-making process for veterans, Committee on Evaluation of the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process for Veterans, Board on Military and Veterans Health, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies ; Jonathan M. Samet and Catherine C. Bodurow, editors

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Improving the presumptive disability decision-making process for veterans, Committee on Evaluation of the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process for Veterans, Board on Military and Veterans Health, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies ; Jonathan M. Samet and Catherine C. Bodurow, editors

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Committee on Evaluation of the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process for Veterans, Board on Military and Veterans Health, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies ; Jonathan M. Samet and Catherine C. Bodurow, editors

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• Improving the presumptive disability decision-making process for veterans

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• Washington, DC, National Academies Press, ©2008

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Includes bibliographical references

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Contents

Introduction -- A brief history of presumptive disability decisions for veterans -- Legislative background on presumptions -- Case studies summary chapter -- Establishing an evidence-based framework -- Scientific evidence for causation in the population -- Synthesizing the evidence for causation -- Applying population-based results to individuals: from observational studies to personal compensation -- Health and exposure data infrastructure to improve the scientific basis of presumptions -- Governmental classification and secrecy -- The way forward -- Recommendations -- Appendixes: A. Statement of the veterans' disability benefits commission to the institute of medicine's committee on the presumptive disability decision-making process, May 31, 2006 -- B. Committee on evaluation of the presumptive disability decision-making process for veterans open session meeting agendas -- C. Glossary -- D. Historical background -- E. Arguments favoring and opposing presumptions -- F. Tables: summary of presumptive disability decision-making legislative history -- G. VAs White Paper on the presumptive disability decision-making process -- H. IOM's statements of task and conclusions for Agent Orange and Gulf War Reports -- I. Case studies 1: Mental disorders' presumptions -- 2: Multiple sclerosis presumption -- 3: Prisoners of war presumptions -- 4: Amputees and cardiovascular disease presumptions -- 5:Radiation presumptions -- 6: Mustard gas and Lewisite presumptions -- 7: Gulf War presumptions -- 8: Agent Orange and prostate cancer presumption -- 9: Agent Orange and type 2 diabetes presumption -- 10: Spina bifida program -- J. Causation and statistical causal methods -- K. Sources of health and exposure data for veterans -- L. Additional classification and secrecy information -- M. Biographical sketches of committee members, consultants, and staff

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