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PAPERBACK price:$85.50 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources PDF SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2004 Other Related Titles Improving the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process for Veterans (2008) Board on Military and Veterans Health (BMVH) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "Title Page." Improving the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process for Veterans. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2008. Please select a format: Page 409   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. 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 Jonathan M. Samet and Catherine C. Bodurow, Editors INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS Washington, D.C. www.nap.edu Page 409 Front Matter (R1-R32) General Summary (1-6) Summary (7-26) 1 Introduction (27-35) 2 A Brief History of Presumptive Disability Decisions for Veterans (36-51) 3 The Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process (52-69) 4 Legislative Background on Presumptions (70-82) 5 Case Studies Summary Chapter (83-135) 6 Establishing an Evidence-Based Framework (136-149) 7 Scientific Evidence for Causation in the Population (150-174) 8 Synthesizing the Evidence for Causation (175-197) 9 Applying Population-Based Results to Individuals: From Observational Studies to Personal Compensation (198-236) 10 Health and Exposure Data Infrastructure to Improve the Scientific Basis of Presumptions (237-297) 11 Governmental Classification and Secrecy (298-308) 12 The Way Forward (309-328) 13 Recommendations (329-338) Appendix 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 (339-343) Appendix B: Committee on Evaluation of the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process for Veterans Open Session Meeting Agendas (344-348) Appendix C: Glossary (349-408) Title Page (409-409) Appendix D: Historical Background (410-423) Appendix E: Arguments Favoring and Opposing Presumptions (424-433) Appendix F: Tables: Summary of Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Legislative History (434-565) Appendix G: VA's White Paper on the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process (566-569) Appendix H: IOM's Statements of Task and Conclusions for Agent Orange and Gulf War Reports (570-591) Appendix I: Case Studies (592-709) Appendix J: Causation and Statistical Causal Methods (710-719) Appendix K: Sources of Health and Exposure Data for Veterans (720-763) Appendix L: Additional Classification and Secrecy Information (764-773) Appendix M: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members, Consultants, and Staff (774-781)

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Improving the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process for Veterans 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 Jonathan M. Samet and Catherine C. Bodurow, Editors INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS Washington, D.C. www.nap.edu