DALLAS – As many as 3,000 Texas veterans are among the nearly 25,000 nationwide that are eligible for new traumatic brain injury exams after Veterans Affairs now admits that it used unqualified doctors to do their initial exams.
Numbers aren’t available for Dallas veterans specifically, but about 1,000 veterans associated with the Waco regional benefits office are eligible for new exams, and many Dallas-area veterans use that regional office.
About 2,000 veterans from the Houston regional benefits office are owed new exams.
“We let these Veterans down,” Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald said Wednesday. “That is why we are taking every step necessary to grant equitable relief to those affected to ensure they receive the full benefits to which they are entitled.”
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