Category Archives: PTSD Claims

“…she wasn’t covered by any insurance at all half the time, since the Vineses aren’t poor enough for subsidized health care and the Blue Cross gap insurance maxes out at six months a year.“ This claim is an ethical/moral claim … Continue reading →

Hovda says some of the Army’s best doctors implied that if soldiers were told they needed rest after concussions, it was going to usher in an epidemic of fakers, or retired guys claiming disability way after the fact. This statement above … Continue reading →

Claims Task – Section 13 (I was absent on 10/4 so I chose a section at random) The amount of progress in Caleb’s six years of therapy has been frustrating for everyone.  This is an Evaluative Claim. This sentence alone … Continue reading →

I was Excerpt 10

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“It’s kind of hard to understand Caleb’s injuries. Even doctors can’t say for sureexactly why he has flashbacks, why he could be standing in a bookstore when all of a sudden he’s sure he’s in Ramadi, the pictures in his brain … Continue reading →

This passage is mainly discussing the impact of trauma on the behavior and well-being of children, specifically in the context of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and Holocaust survivors. These claims have four categories. The first one it’s Children of … Continue reading →

* “It’s hard to understand Caleb’s injuries” This is an evaluative claim, claiming that Caleb’s injuries are hard to understand. I wanted to include “Caleb’s injuries” as its own separate claim but I was unsure what kind of claim it … Continue reading →

Passage 16 “In 2009, it was Hovda who delivered the Pentagon the recommendation that because multiple concussions could cause serious long-term injury” “concussions need time to heal” “Hovda says some of the Army’s best doctors implied that if soldiers were … Continue reading →

 “Daddy will be really happy,” she told the German shepherd sitting on her kitchen floor. “Of course, he’s too cranky to be happy about anything, and he’ll be mad because Katie won’t eat it because I spent all day makin’ it … Continue reading →