Recovering Servicemembers and Veterans: Sustained Leadership Attention and Systematic Oversight Needed to Resolve Persistent Problems Affecting Care and Benefits

Abstract

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 required DOD and VA to jointly develop and implement policy on the care, management, and transition of recovering servicemembers. It also required GAO to report on DOD s and VA s progress in addressing these requirements. This report specifically examines (1) the extent to which DOD and VA have resolved persistent problems facing recovering servicemembers and veterans as they navigate the recovery care continuum, and (2) the reasons DOD and VA leadership have not been able to fully resolve any remaining problems. To address these objectives, GAO visited 11 DOD and VA medical facilities selected for population size and range of available resources and met with servicemembers and veterans to identify problems they continue to face. GAO also reviewed documents related to specific DOD and VA programs that assist recovering servicemembers and veterans and interviewed the leadership and staff of these programs to determine why problems have not been fully resolved.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA570132

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Brain Injuries
  • Business Administration
  • Casualties
  • Congress
  • Health Services
  • Information Exchange
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Social Media
  • Therapy
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • United States Government
  • Warfare
  • Wounds And Injuries

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.