The Wounded Warrior Handbook: A Resource Guide for Returning Veterans

by Don Philpott, Janelle B. Moore, Cheryl Lawhorne-Scott

Overview

The typical wounded soldier must complete and file twenty-two forms after an active-duty injury. To soldiers and their families coping with the shock and reality of the injuries, figuring out what to do next—even completing tasks that seem easy like submitting paperwork—can be overwhelming and confusing.

The second edition of this popular resource guide has been thoroughly revised to reflect new policies, additional benefits, updated procedures, and changes to insurance, including traumatic injury insurance and social security disability insurance. New chapters cover veterans' benefits in depth—which have seen significant changes in the last two years—and returning to active duty after an injury.

As in the previous edition, this guide directs you to answers and resources for the most pressing and difficult questions that wounded veterans face, such as:

• Where can I find information on symptoms and treatments of injuries?
• How do I get through all this paperwork?
• Where can I get legal assistance?
• What can I do for employment?
• How do I get back into everyday life?
• How can I return to active duty?
• How do I deal with insurance?
• What benefits are available to me, and how do I claim them?
• What about my family? How can they help me?

This trusted resource is both comprehensive and easy to use, and now the most up-to-date guide for wounded veterans and their families dealing with active-duty injuries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781605907390
Publisher:	Government Institutes
Publication date:	12/29/2011
Series:	Military Life , #6
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	472
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Janelle Hill is the President and lead consultant of PBS Marketing/Federal Concierge LLC., a consulting provider supporting a variety of project and program needs to businesses, contractors, and the federal government.

Cheryl Lawhorne is an original plank holder in the Wounded Warrior Battalion West at Camp Pendleton, California. She now serves as the Deputy Project Manager for the Recovery Care Coordination Program with the Wounded Warrior Regiment in Quantico, Virginia under the guidance of Headquarters Marine Corps and the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Don Philpott has been writing, reporting, and broadcasting on international events, trouble spots, and major news stories for almost 40 years. He is the author or coauthor of more than 90 books.

Hill, Lawhorne, and Philpott have authored a number of essential guides for military members and their families, including The Military Marriage Manual (GI, 2010) and Life After the Military (GI, 2011).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments v

Preface vii

Foreword General Barry McCaffrey ix

Chapter 1 Introduction: Pre-Battlefield Injury to Recovery 1

Chapter 2 Medical Issues: Things to Know 7

Chapter 3 From the First Day 41

Chapter 4 Support 83

Chapter 5 Recovery and Transition 91

Chapter 6 Benefits, Taxes, and Legal Issues 151

Chapter 7 The DoD and the VA 177

Chapter 8 Success Stories 207

Chapter 9 Handling Bereavement 223

Chapter 10 Resources 243

Index 311

About the Authors 315

Editorial Reviews

Philpott and Hill have compiled an invaluable list of things that vets, their families, other loved ones, friends and even private citizens can do to help vets return to society.

Veterans For Peace

This Handbook first addresses the recovery process, from the traumatic injury event onward, for the active serviceman or woman. It gives practical advice on everything from spotting the symptoms of depression to travel instructions for visiting family. It explains the terms of separation from military service and the process for determining and appealing the so-important physical disability status.. .. One useful chapter includes a discussion of financial, legal, and tax issues faced by active and discharged troops. Finally, a chapter on bereavement covers everything from grief support to burial expenses, military funerals, and death benefits.. . .Readers will discover that, despite recent scandals in VA hospitals and the common perception that the US does not support its wounded veterans and their loved ones, assistance in every conceivable aspect of transition and reintegration is available. And throughout, Philpott and Hill offer names, addresses, phone numbers, and Web addresses.

Foreword Reviews

The Wounded Warrior Handbook brings together information concerning medical treatment; rehabilitation; counseling; support; transition; and financial, legal, and tax matters. This handbook is a good purchase for academic libraries and is particularly recommended for public libraries.

Booklist

This item will be of interest to veterans and those who live with or serve them, and is suitable for the reference or circulating collections of public, academic, and hospital libraries, along with VFW halls and medical professionals dealing with this type of patient.

American Reference Books Annual

It contains a wealth of data that is and will be helpful on a continuing basis for different segments of our population.. .. It's pertinent information for those seeking specific kinds of post deployment/combat assistance, be it physical, mental, emotional or spiritual.. .. The Wounded Warrior Handbook does an excellent job of making clear what can benefit those who have served our country.

The Standard Times

Offers a well-organized checklist of do's and don'ts for veterans, their families and friends and for others who want to understand their problems and challenges and to help them. The value of this book extends beyond health and injury related issues to broader aspects of reintegrating into civilian life.

Gazette

This Handbook first addresses the recovery process, from the traumatic injury event onward, for the active serviceman or woman. It gives practical advice on everything from spotting the symptoms of depression to travel instructions for visiting family. It explains the terms of separation from military service and the process for determining and appealing the so-important physical disability status. . . . One useful chapter includes a discussion of financial, legal, and tax issues faced by active and discharged troops. Finally, a chapter on bereavement covers everything from grief support to burial expenses, military funerals, and death benefits. . . . Readers will discover that, despite recent scandals in VA hospitals and the common perception that the US does not support its wounded veterans and their loved ones, assistance in every conceivable aspect of transition and reintegration is available. And throughout, Philpott and Hill offer names, addresses, phone numbers, and Web addresses.

ForeWord Reviews

The Wounded Warrior Handbook brings together information concerning medical treatment; rehabilitation; counseling; support; transition; and financial, legal, and tax matters. This handbook is a good purchase for academic libraries and is particularly recommended for public libraries.

Booklist

This item will be of interest to veterans and those who live with or serve them, and is suitable for the reference or circulating collections of public, academic, and hospital libraries, along with VFW halls and medical professionals dealing with this type of patient.

American Reference Books Annual (ARBA)