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Senator To Ask For $300 Million Increase For Improved Brain Injury Care In VA
U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, released the following statement today, about last night's ABC news special on Anchor/Reporter Bob Woodruff's recovery from injuries he suffered as a result of an insurgent roadside bomb attack in Iraq, and the plight of many U.S. war veterans suffering from similar traumatic brain injuries:
"Looking at these young soldiers with such devastating injuries, we are reminded of the true costs of war. We know that the transition from DoD to VA can be tough. And this is even more true for veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries. At the start of this war, VA was wholly unprepared to deal with the number of servicemembers returning with horrific injuries of all kinds. The President's budget has underestimated these costs, and many VA facilities were caught off-guard. Read more at akaka.senate.gov.
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There are four general types of slip and fall accidents
Trip-and-fall accidents, where there is a foreign object in the walking path. Stump-and-fall accidents, where there is an impediment in the walking surface. Step-and-fall accidents, where there is an unexpected failure or hole in the walking surface Slip-and-fall accidents, in which the interface of the shoe and the floor fails
Both the property owner as well as the injured person can be held to varying degrees of responsibility for an injury.
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Definition:
Compensation is defined as a recompense for loss. If you suffer an injury, either physical or psychological as the result of an accident that was not your fault, then you may be able to claim a financial award to cover any loss of income, the cost of medical bills, or any other costs that you have incurred as a result of the injury or accident that you would not normally have incurred.
Quadriplegia
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Complete paralysis of the body from the neck down, usually caused by damage to the spinal cord.
Eggshell skull
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A hypothetical medical condition used to illustrate the idea that if you are at fault when you injure someone, you are responsible for all the consequences, whether you could have foreseen them or not.
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