“Brannan sent Katie to the school therapist, once.”

This is both a factual and numerical claim. It states that Brannan sent Katie to a therapist which is a factual claim. Then it states how many times which is the numerical claim.

“She hasn’t seen any other therapist, or a therapist trained to deal with PTSD—Brannan knows what a difference that makes, since the volunteer therapist she tried briefly herself spent more time asking her to explain a ‘bad PTSD day’ than how Caleb’s symptoms were affecting the family.”

The first part of this sentence is a factual claim. The next section starting at “Brannan,” is an evaluative claim among other types. The author is claiming that a trained PTSD therapist is better. The other types of claim in that are an attributive claim and a credibility claim. The claim is attributed to Brannon and the author gives her credibility by citing her firsthand experiences in therapy.

“Certainly she seems better than some other PTSD vets’ kids Brannan knows, who scream and sob and rock back and forth at the sound of a single loud noise, or who try to commit suicide even before they’re out of middle school. Caleb spends enough time worrying that he’s messing up his kid without a doctor saying so.”

This quote starts with a comparative claim when the author states that Katie is better off than some other kids. The second sentence is an evaluative quote. There is a debate in the household over the best course of action and at the end of the evaluation they decide that a doctors diagnoses would do more harm than good.

“Brannan is a force of keeping her family together.”

The quote above is an evaluative claim. While the quote is not one I think many would argue with it is still arguable and not factual.

“She also works for the VA now, essentially, having been—after a good deal more complicated paperwork, visits, and assessments—enrolled in its new caregiver program, which can pay spouses or other family members of disabled vets who have to take care of them full time, in Brannan’s case $400 a week.”

Alternatively this quote is not arguable and is a verifiable fact, making this claim a factual one.