VA disability ratings for PTSD are assigned at 10%, 30%, 50%, 70%, and 100%, depending on the veteran's level of social and occupational impairment. Unfortunately, many veterans struggle to secure ...

PTSD can happen to anyone who's witnessed or experienced a traumatic event. Globally, about 70% of the world's population is exposed to traumatic events in their lifetime, and 7% (1 in 10 people ...

When the cases went before the Veterans Court of Appeals, the court determined that no errors were made by either the ...

A majority of PTSD sufferers—70 percent to almost 90 percent—develop sleep disturbances because they relive traumatic experiences in their thoughts and dreams. People with the condition can ...

In r/AMA (short for Ask Me Anything), Redditors invite people to ask them literally anything they want to about some unusual ...

Is there anything a good dog can't do? New research continues to discover new benefits to cognitive health, stress relief, allergy reduction and more — all accruing to the grateful owner of a ...

The Supreme Court must decide what Congress meant when it clarified a law that required the Court of Veterans Appeals to determine whether the VA followed an obligation to rule in favor of the veteran ...

In previous studies, Yale researchers found that in people diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the amygdala — an area of the brain associated with emotional processing — reacts less ...

Progress toward health coverage parity, in which mental health issues are covered in the same way as physical health issues, ...

Every two years, all Bay Staters temporarily become legislators for a day when facing a handful of ballot questions seeking ...

Residents of Sanibel Island, Fla., feared the worst when they evacuated to safer ground before Hurricane Milton arrived.