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Today we're hearing from attorney Bart Stichman, Co-founder of National Veterans Legal Services Program, regarding the case “Soto vs United States” and how a Marine Corps combat veteran (and 9,000 other vets) had their benefit claims denied, and disputed by our government.  The petition was filed on behalf of USMC vet, Mr. Simon Soto who was initially approved for Combat Related Special Compensation (CRSC), but later denied the full amount after government lawyers claimed a six-year ceiling on retroactive benefits. We open with the facts behind this case, and examine the PTSD he suffered after serving as Mortuary Affairs in Iraq, where he processed the remains of our fallen Marines and Soldiers.  Stichman further explains: Why the government fights against veterans filing CRSC claims The arguments that will be heard by The United States Supreme Court in April We'll continue to follow this story as it develops. If you need legal assistance for your VA/DoD benefit claim, check out The National Legal Services Program here: https://www.nvlsp.org/ Contact Phil Briggs, Host, CBS Eye on Veterans  phil@connectingvets.com Follow on X: @philbriggsVet @EyeonVeterans @connectingvets   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Podcast Mashup! Daniel Dücker MSS, M. Ed. - Army Veteran and Executive Director - VA Tennessee Valley Health Care joined Josh Roe, John Ballinger, and Clint Powell in the studio for a great conversation! We talked about how the VA is changing is reputation among veterans-how leadership matters-building a Government agency based on the customer experience-the services the VA provides-what is next for the VA-and more! PLUS - we shared stories and the veterans shared about their personal experience serving in the military! FIND ALL OUR CONVERSATIONS: WWW.OATHANDPLEDGE.COM Also-Josh Roe gave us a very brief update on his recent trip to Vietnam centered around the Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Rodney Davis! Who is Mr. Dücker (abbreviated from the VA website): In this role, Mr. Dücker oversees health care operations for two Level 1A VA medical centers and 20 outpatient clinics serving more than 140,000 enrolled Veterans living in middle Tennessee, southern Kentucky, and northern Georgia. He leads an executive leadership team of seven and 5,200 employees with an annual operating budget of $1.8 billion. Under his leadership, he has maintained strong academic affiliations and cutting -edge research advancements with five medical institutions, including Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Meharry Medical College, and more than 100 associated health residency programs. He also championed a new partnership and resource sharing agreement with Fort Campbell Army Post and Blanchfield Army Community Hospital resulting in the newly constructed Fort Campbell VA Clinic, making this the only VA-DoD health care clinic in Kentucky and second in Tennessee. Mr. Dücker retired from the U.S. Army Reserve in 2017 as a Medical Service Corps officer at the rank of Colonel after nearly 34 years of service. He received numerous awards during his military service including the Legion of Merit (2) and the Bronze Star for leadership and meritorious service as a Commander in Afghanistan.

A multi-agency Electronic Health Record has reached a new milestone. The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Defense Department have launched their new EHR at a jointly run health care facility in Chicago. This marks DoD's final rollout its new EHR. But the VA is much further behind, but looking to get the project back on track. For an update, Federal News Network's Jory Heckman has more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As many of our listeners know, the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense (VA/DoD) Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and acute stress disorder (ASD) was released in June of 2023. The CPG, designed to assist clinical decision-making, provides recommendations that, in essence, give a clinician a fighting chance of identifying treatments that the research suggests should help their clients. But for many busy providers, it is a lot to unpack and digest! Join us as our (fearless) Director, Dr. David Riggs, who served on the CPG workgroup, walks us through important aspects of the guideline. We'll discuss the why behind first and second-line treatments, updates from the last CPG, and actionable intel to support you in treating trauma. As with every episode this season, we invited Dave into the EBP confessional, and you won't want to miss his story of a time when things didn't quite go according to plan with a client AND how he recovered. Buckle up. It's a roller coaster of a tale! Resources:VA/DoD CPG for PTSD (to include links to full CPG, Clinician Summary, Patient Summary, Quick Reference, and more): Click HEREWebinar Recording “A Quick Walk Through the New VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for PTSD”: view HERE Calls-to-action: Review the updated VA/DoD CPG for PTSD: Click HEREReview the recording of CDP's webinar: “A Quick Walk Through the New VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for PTSD”: view HEREEnroll in an upcoming EBP for PTSD: https://deploymentpsych.org/trainingSubscribe to the Practical for Your Practice PodcastSubscribe to The Center for Deployment Psychology Monthly Email Share your EBP fears with us on www.speakpipe.com/cdpp4p

 (https://www.healthquality.va.gov/guidelines/MH/mdd/VADoDMDDCPGFinal508.pdf) clearly state there is insufficient evidence to support this activity and testing. This is mainly because of low quality evidence and concern of bias given commercially funded studies.  (https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2023/0100/poems-pharmacogenic-testing-antidepressants.html)American Psychiatric Association Psychiatry.org - Genetic Testing to Improve Psychiatric Medication ChoiceHarvard https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/gene-testing-to-guide-antidepressant-treatment-has-its-time-arrived-2019100917964First primeAs I mention in my response email PRIME the primary outcomes per clinnicaltrials.gov were depression remission at 24 weeks, which was not statically significant. And then a use of fewer medications that have a potential gene-drug interaction which from what I can find was a ‘theoretical' interaction not an actual increase in adverse events. Effect of Pharmacogenomic Testing for Drug-Gene Interactions on Medication Selection and Remission of Symptoms in Major Depressive Disorder: The PRIME Care Randomized Clinical Trial | Depressive Disorders | JAMA | JAMA Network“The PREPARE Study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5113234/#:~:text=Open%2Dlabel%20placebo%20reduced%20minimum,0.02%25%20in%20the%20TAU%20arm. When patients were told they were getting placebo for back pain and it helped their back pain!The current VA/DoD guidelines clearly state, “For patients who cannot tolerate a statin, we suggest a washout period followed by a rechallenge with the same or a different statin or lower dose, and if that fails, a trial of intermittent (nondaily) dosing”. https://www.healthquality.va.gov/guidelines/CD/lipids/VADoDDyslipidemiaCPG5087212020.pdf (full disclosure and bias I helped write them)  N-of-1 Trial of a Statin, Placebo, or No Treatment to Assess Side Effects | NEJM was published in the NEJM and then a few weeks later Statin treatment and muscle symptoms: series of randomised, placebo controlled n-of-1 trials (bmj.com) was published in the BMJ.  Around that same time a publication in JAMA https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2773490 showed that using pharmacogenetic testing resulted in no worse LDL levels (soft endpoint) at one year but also no better

Dr. Koushik Reddy is the director of interventional cardiology at the Tampa, VA hospital. He is also the Co-Chair of VA/DoD and Cardiology Member Interest Groups under the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. In addition, he is also the treasure of ACLM. Locally in Tampa, he runs a non profit organization called PBLM - Plant Based Lifestyle Movement. pblm.org

Lessons learned from new vaccine mandate at the VA Lee Becker, solutions principal at Medallia, discusses how the Department of Veterans Affairs is managing its Covid-19 vaccine requirement for employees Reviewing technology, budget issues for climate capabilities John Conger, director of the Center for Climate and Security, discusses how the Defense Department is preparing for risks from climate change in the short and long term Reviewing equity data gaps at federal agencies Ahkesha Murray, DEI&A and Change Management Principal at LMI, discusses how agencies are addressing the executive order on advancing equity and assessing progress in this area

Join Tony Mandarich for episode #006 featuring special guest, Dr. David Cifu, Senior Traumatic Brain injury specialist, Veterans Health Administration and Associate Dean of Innovation and Systems . David Cifu, MD is an internationally academic leader and innovator who specializes in initiating, developing, fostering and leading small and large-scale collaborations across the research, clinical, education and philanthropic arenas to create knowledge, add value and build opportunities. He is the Associate Dean for Innovation and System Integration in the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine, and the Chairman and Herman J. Flax, MD Endowed Professor (tenured) of the Department of PM&R at VCU-School of Medicine in Richmond, Virginia. He is also Chief of PM&R Services for the VCU Health System and Founding Director of the VCU-Center for Rehabilitation Sciences and Engineering (CERSE). He is the Senior TBI Specialist for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. He has been funded on 47 research grants for over $245 million, including currently serving as Principal Investigator of the VA/DoD $112.2 million Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium (CENC) since 2013. In his more than 30 years as an academic physiatrist, he has delivered more than 575 regional, national and international lectures, published more than 225 scientific articles and 65 abstracts, and co-authored or edited 35 books and book chapters. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the premiere line of texts in the field of PM&R, “Braddom’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,” including the 5th Edition Textbook (2015), 1st Edition Handbook (2017) and upcoming 6th Edition textbook (2020).. Join Tony for a discussion about David’s incredible work and innovations. For more information on Dr. David Cifu please visit: medschool.vcu.edu/expertise/detail.html?id=dcifu For more information on Dr. David Cifu visit: vcuhealth.org For information on Tony Mandarich visit: https://www.tonymandarich.com/index For information on the One Man's Ethos Podcast visit: https://www.onemansethos.com/ For more information on The Abstract Doctors Podcast visit: https://www.theabstractdoctors.com/ For more information on The Abstract Athlete, check out our website at: https://www.theabstractathlete.com/

We stuck purely to the evidence. There was no evidence panel or committee to vote on the evidence like is often done by the American college of rheumatology and no expert opinion statements where their only citation is themselves like can be seen with the ACC. This was purely 100% evidence recommendations. So lets start try to make it quick because guidelines on a podcast a boring, I want to hit the high points and get out of here This guideline does not cover 1) adults < age 40 years old o 2) patients with ejection fraction

Cicely Burrows-McElwain, the Senior Public Health Advisor, Military and Veteran Affairs Liaison, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), joins the show to talk about national efforts to support community-based interventions to address suicide in the military affiliated population.

In this episode, we will review the surprising results of the VA/DoD's 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines on Management of PTSD, particularly as it relates to the use of one particular agent, prazosin.

The military medical landscape is ever changing. As the Defense Department and the Veterans Affairs Department continue to move to electronic records, AMSUS Director and former Navy Surgeon General Michael Cowan tells Federal News Radio's Scott Maucione on Federal Drive with Tom Temin what benefits the new system will bring. He also gives us a taste of some of the newest medical advancements in the battlefield.

There are bills before Congress to use drones along our border for mass surveillance and provisions to capturing all manner of biometric data when you travel. How will that data be used and who will have access? We break it all down for you and tell you how to voice your opinions. India McKinney and Adam Schwartz from the EFF are with me this week to explain several ways that your privacy rights are under serious attack at the U.S. border. Your favorite PDF viewer is probably riddled with security vulnerabilities. I cover some recent news about Foxit PDF Reader and help you find safer alternatives with my Tip of the Week. India McKinney is a Legislative Analyst with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, primarily focusing on privacy and surveillance issues in upcoming legislation. Prior to joining EFF, India spent over 10 years in Washington, DC as a legislative staffer to three members of Congress from California. Her work there largely focused on the appropriations process, specifically analyzing and funding programs in the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security, and Justice. Her biggest legislative accomplishment was authorizing, funding and then naming a new outpatient VA/DoD clinic that will serve over 80,000 people. Adam Schwartz is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Adam works to ensure that new technologies expand instead of shrink our privacy, freedom of speech, and other civil liberties. Before joining EFF, Adam worked as a Senior Staff Attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois. Adam graduated in 1995 from the Howard University School of Law. For Further Insight: Website: https://eff.org/ Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EFF Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eff/ Additional Resources For You: Help me to help you! Visit: https://patreon.com/FirewallsDontStopDragons EFF’s Defending Privacy at the U.S. Border: A Guide for Travelers Carrying Digital Devices Sumatra PDF Reader: https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/download-free-pdf-viewer.html

Summary of the August 18, 2015 issue, including articles on cardiovascular mortality, hepatitis C virus infection, ulcerative colitis, humanizing care of dying patients, and basic payment methods in health care; a Beyond the Guidelines grand rounds discussion on treatment of blood cholesterol to reduce risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease ; a synopsis of the VA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the management of dyslipidemia for cardiovascular disease risk reduction in adults; an ACP position paper on the integration of behavioral health into the primary care setting; and commentaries on cognitive aging, thyroid-stimulating hormone testing, and the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).