James Fausone
\nVeteran Advocate<\/p>\n
Reports of the Minneapolis and Amarillo VA hospitals\u2019 misdiagnosis of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) for veteran patients are disturbing and unacceptable. Over 300 veterans at the Minneapolis VAMC<\/a> and 70 at the Amarillo VAMC<\/a> were screened for TBI by an unqualified doctor or by a nurse practitioner.\u00a0 As a result, veterans were misdiagnosed and denied both TBI benefits and treatment.<\/p>\n Since TBI\u2019s are so complex, it is VA<\/a> policy for an evaluation to be conducted by one of four specialists: neurosurgeons, neurologists, psychiatrists, and physiatrists. Violations of this policy have already been confirmed at the Minneapolis and Amarillo VAMCs; but officials don\u2019t know how widespread this is. Congressional leaders are now calling for the VA to conduct an internal nationwide review while the local news station who first broke the story has filed a Freedom of Information Act asking for information on every veteran who was diagnosed by an unqualified (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" James Fausone Veteran Advocate Reports of the Minneapolis and Amarillo VA hospitals\u2019 misdiagnosis of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) for veteran patients are disturbing and unacceptable. Over 300 veterans at the Minneapolis VAMC and 70 at the Amarillo VAMC were screened…<\/span><\/p>\n