By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Jun 22, 2007 9:50:40 EDT
Combat-injured service members facing the military’s complicated disability review process would have a medical case manager to help with treatment-related matters and a case worker to help with administrative issues under a bill introduced Wednesday.
Also, an ombudsman office would be established under S 1670 to help service members facing the physical evaluation board review process that decides if they will remain in the military and, if not, whether they will receive benefits and how much they will get.
The bill, called the Servicemembers’ Healthcare Benefits and Rehabilitation enhancement Act, is sponsored by Sens. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, and Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., who have both worked extensively on military and veterans’ benefits issues.
More at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/06/military_caseworkers_070622/
