Remotely-Delivered Benefits Counseling for Service Connection Applicants

Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2015
A significant portion of Veterans who apply for disability benefits have difficulty finding and sustaining employment, and are concerned that working for pay will jeopardize their receipt of service-connection benefits. In a completed clinical trial, Veterans who received Motivational Interview-formatted counseled about opportunities to work and receive service-connection went on to work for pay significantly more often than controls. The proposed clinical trial will test this counseling\'s efficacy when it is delivered by an automated computer program.
Epistemonikos ID: 2362249f69ac1e4ac506d79e1cae15eccf82c1a5
First added on: May 12, 2024