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More than 300 Indiana veterans are eligible to receive a new traumatic brain injury exam, VA officials confirmed to I-Team 8 Thursday.
The move came after VA officials admitted they made a mistake by not closely monitoring which doctors performed the exams. The VA’s own rules dictate that a psychologist, psychiatrist, neurosurgeon or neurologist must give the initial TBI exams. After an internal investigation, the VA determined it should offer roughly 24,000 veterans nationwide a new TBI exam. Letters were sent out to veterans around July 1. Veterans who qualify have exactly one year to take advantage of the new testing, VA officials announced.
The decision follows a series of reports a Minneapolis TV station uncovered that show hundreds of veterans may have been misdiagnosed by practitioners who were not qualified to perform the exams.
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