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Veterans with Brain Injury and Disability Benefits: What to Know
On Veterans Day, the Brain Injury Association of America honors and thanks the veterans who bravely served our country and the military service members who serve today. Social Security benefits protect veterans when injuries, including brain injuries, prevent them from returning to active duty or performing other work. Both the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs...
Webinar: TBI Among Service Members & Veterans
What Behavioral Health Providers, Families, and Peers Should Know
Promising Research Promotes Hope Among Veterans with Moderate to Severe TBI
Among U.S. military personnel injured during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, 10 to 20 percent sustained traumatic brain injuries (TBIs).
Window to Hope: A Psychological Suicide Prevention Intervention for Veterans with TBI
Lisa Brenner, Ph.D., ABPP, presents a Mitchell Rosenthal Memorial Research live webinar.
VA Secretary Grants Relief for Veterans with TBI
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald has granted equitable relief to more than 24,000 Veterans following a national review of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) disability compensation examinations conducted between 2007 and 2015. Equitable relief is a unique legal remedy that allows the Secretary to correct an injustice to a claimant, where VA is not...
Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010
The Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 expanded services and supports for caregivers of Post 9/11 Veterans.
Leaked Department of Health and Human Services Budget Proposes to Eliminate Federal Funding for TBI Programs
The Brain Injury Association of America is categorically opposed to the proposed elimination, restructuring, and funding cuts to brain injury programs within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). A leaked HHS budget draft, obtained by the Washington Post and Politico, shows that the Administration seeks to deeply slash budgets for federal health programs...
April 2025 Larry Marquis
I wrote my story in October of 2015 and again in October of 2022 and now here is where I am today. It all started in 2005. We had just gotten engaged and I was noticing a flashing in the lower left-hand corner of my eyes, known as vision seizures. My PCP sent me for...
John D. Corrigan Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) congratulates John D. Corrigan, PhD, who has been awarded the International Brain Injury Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award for his transformative contributions to the brain injury field over the past four decades. In particular, Dr. Corrigan has long advocated for brain injury to be recognized and treated as a...
60 Minutes Segment Exploring Blast Injuries Highlights Urgent Need for Awareness and Research on a National Level
On Sunday, March 23, CBS’ 60 Minutes program spotlighted traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) sustained by military service members.
Dr. Jeffrey Barth, father of sports neuropsychology, passes away at 76
Jeffrey “Jeff” Theodore Barth, PhD, a former member of the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) Board of Directors and pioneer in the clinical neuropsychology of sports concussions, passed away on March 8, 2025, at the age of 76. Dr. Barth was known for his groundbreaking work on mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and sports...
Congress to Vote on Temporary Funding Bill Without Critical TBI Act Reauthorization, Affecting 64 Million People with Brain Injury
Critical lifeline for millions remains at risk without Traumatic Brain Injury Act (TBI Act) reauthorization. WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 12, 2025)— The Brain Injury Association of America issued an urgent call for Congress to amend the Continuing Resolution to include the Traumatic Brain Injury Act reauthorization, critical legislation that expired on September 30, 2024, putting at...