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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities
Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA) | Room 334 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC
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02/26/2008
Opening Statements
Witnesses
Panel 1
- Vice Admiral Dennis Vincent McGinn, USN (Ret.), on behalf of Lieutenant General James Terry Scott, USA (Ret.), Chairman, Member, Veterans’ Disability Benefits Commission
- Lonnie Bristow, M.D., Committee on Medical Evaluation of Veterans for Disability Benefits, Chair, Board on Military and Veterans Health, Institute of Medicine, The National Academies
- Dean G. Kilpatrick, Ph.D., Institute of Medicine, The National Academies, Member, Committee on Veterans’ Compensation for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, , and Distinguished University Professor and Director, National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
- Jonathan M. Samet, M.D., M.S., Decision-Making Process for Veterans, Board on Military and Veterans Affairs, Chairman, Committee on Evaluation of the Presumptive Disability, Institute of Medicine, The National Academies, and, Professor and Chairman,, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
- Joyce McMahon, Ph.D., Center for Health Research and Policy, Managing Director, Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) Corporation, Alexandria, VA
Panel 2
- Mark H. Hyman, M.D., FAADEP, and Mark H. Hyman M.D., Inc., F.A.C.P., F.A.A.D.E.P., Los Angeles, CA, Presenter, American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians
- Sidney Weissman, M.D., Committee on Mental Healthcare for Veterans and Military Personnel and Their Families, Member, American Psychiatric Association
- Ronald B. Abrams, National Veterans Legal Services Program, Joint Executive Director
Panel 3
Panel 4
- Bradley G. Mayes, Veterans Benefits Administration, Director, Compensation and Pension Service, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Accompanied By:
- Tom Pamprin, Veterans Benefits Administration, Deputy Director for Policy, Compensation and Pension Service, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Steven H. Brown, M.D., M.S., Veterans Health Administration, Director, Compensation and Pension Examination Program, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Patrick Joyce, M.D., Washington, DC, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chief, Occupational Health Clinic, and Chief Physician, Compensation and Pension Program, Veterans Health Administration U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Richard Hipolit, Office of General Counsel, Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Major General Joseph E. Kelley, M.D., USAF (Ret.), U.S. Department of Defense, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Clinical and Program Policy (Health Affairs)
- Accompanied By:
- Horace Carson, M.D., Air Force Review Boards Agency, Senior Medical Advisor, U.S. Department of Defense
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