Source: kare11.com | Repost Duerson Fund 10/17/1022 –
Lawmakers question whether the VA misdiagnosed traumatic brain injuries – and improperly denied benefits to Veterans – despite promised reforms.
Members of Congress are demanding answers in the wake of a KARE 11 investigation exposing broken promises, unqualified doctors and inadequate medical testing by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Despite reforms promised in 2016, after KARE 11 first exposed that unqualified VA doctors were conducting examinations for traumatic brain injuries (TBI), U. S. Senators Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Tammy Duckworth of Illinois are questioning whether the TBI misdiagnosis problem persists.
They recently wrote to VA Secretary Denis McDonough, saying their offices continue to be contacted by veterans about “inconsistencies with their TBI diagnoses,” “only receiving brief screening tools without undergoing significant diagnostic tests,” and having to “seek care outside the VA.”