at one year or more after the accident, they have Lower Moderate Disability<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nIn order to meet this criterion, proving disability requires critical documentation. That documentation involves information about the patient\u2019s pre and post-accident functioning, which must come from family and friends, attendant care assessments, and\/or registered social worker notes. Functional changes that determine TBI involve level of dependence, shopping, work, travel, socialization, and leisure pursuits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Problem<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
These sweeping changes to determining CAT TBI are rife with problems. The largest of which is the time period in which a patient must wait to be assessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because it is rare to have a rating of Vegetative State in a traumatically injured person one month after an accident, most individuals now have to wait six months from the date of their injury to even be administered the GOS-E. While these individuals would have automatically qualified under the previous criterion, they are now made to wait six months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For individuals requiring significant medical-rehabilitative services, the costs and the inability to access accident benefits is detrimental. These individuals will now have to pay a portion of these expenses out of pocket until they can be assessed, which takes away from their recovery and exposes victims to safety and health risks. This is especially true if they cannot afford attendant care services and have to rely on public healthcare, which is incapable of providing the same level of required care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second issue with these changes is related to medical imaging. Prior to the change, the medical community agreed that a positive finding through medical imaging doesn\u2019t necessarily indicate functional impairment or structural abnormalities. Medical imaging is also incapable of accurately predicting what the future needs of the patient might be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Have You Suffered a TBI?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
If you or a loved on suffered a brain injury as a result of a motor vehicle accident, you are entitled to significantly higher compensation through the SABS. However, the changes applied to the SABS in regard to the criterion for defining a CAT TBI now make it more difficult to receive that compensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your best chance at receiving the benefits you deserve is to talk to a professional with experience in this matter. Contact Sharma Law and let us help you through this difficult time.<\/p>\n\n\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column]\n\t\t\t[\/et_pb_row]\n\t\t[\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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