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Original publisher: [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2008] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)209976610 Subject: Brain -- Wounds and injuries. Excerpt: ... Veterans who have served in combat in certain conflicts, including VA Health Care Services OEF / OIF veterans, are presumed to be eligible for VA health care services for OEF / OIF Veterans and for any condition for a period of up to 5 years, even if there is insufficient DOD Servicemembers medical evidence to conclude that the condition is attributable to military 15 service. This presumptive eligibility includes those National Guard and Reserve members who have left active duty and returned to their units. If veterans do not enroll until after the presumptive period, they will be subject to the same eligibility and enrollment rules as other veterans, who generally have to prove that a medical problem is connected to their 16 military service or that they have incomes below certain thresholds. As of October 2007, according to VA, about 260, 000 or over one-third of veterans who had returned from service in OEF or OIF, including National Guard and Reserve members, had accessed VA for various health care needs. In some circumstances, VA also provides health care to active duty OEF / OIF servicemembers. Under existing DOD-VA agreements, OEF / OIF servicemembers may obtain health care services, such as rehabilitative care, from VA facilities while the servicemembers are still on active duty. DOD determines whether servicemembers receive care from VA, at one of DOD's own military treatment facilities ( MTF ), or from a TRICARE civilian 17 provider. OEF / OIF servicemembers may be referred by MTFs to VA for care on an inpatient or outpatient basis. OEF / OIF veterans and in some cases OEF / OIF servicemembers may obtain VA health care through VA's national health care system, which provided health care services to nearly 5.5 million patients in 2006. VA's health care system is organized into 21 regional he
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