The individualized functions of each person’s brain, along with the organ’s inherent ability to disguise injury to itself, makes head injuries among the most difficult wounds to diagnose among injured contractors. According to Dr. Heechin Chae, director of the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) satellite office at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, a broken ankle is a broken ankle. That injury …

If you are considering a job as an overseas contractor, whether as a brief change of pace or as a permanent career path, there are hundreds of positions and dozens of locales to choose from. If you are injured while working as an overseas contractor, there is usually only one way to obtain cash benefits, and that is through the …

Community Involvement The First Quarter of 2016 has been a busy time for the attorneys and staff at Barnett, Lerner, Karsen & Frankel, P.A.!  The firm is very interested in giving back to the community and supporting local charities and events.  In January 2016 the firm participated in the Miami Design Preservation League’s annual Art Deco Weekend in South Beach, …

Researchers now postulate that brain injury victims reap enormous benefits from lengthy rehabilitative therapy, a finding that flies in the face of conventional wisdom on the subject. Doctors at the University of California at San Diego compared different groups of rats with cortical injuries: one group received extensive therapy, while the other one received the traditional amount of therapy, which …

Officials are remaining mum about the capture of a top Islamic State of Iraq and Syria leader during a special operations raid in Iraq; the Pentagon refused to release the leader’s name, the precise location of the raid, and his prior leadership role in the militant group. Top brass fear that the release of information would jeopardize a stepped-up effort …