Response to The Methodological Challenges of Using Veterans Benefits Administration Disability Codes to Ascertain Agent Orange Exposure Among Vietnam Theater Veterans With Service-connected Disabilities

Charles Maynard^{1

2}, Adam Batten³, Chuan-Fen Liu^{1

2}, Karin Nelson^{1

2

3

4}, Stephan D Fihn^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System.
² Department of Health Services University of Washington.
³ Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Clinical System Development and Evaluation.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Comment

Charles Maynard et al. Med Care. 2019 Feb.

. 2019 Feb;57(2):173-174.

doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001046.

Charles Maynard^{1

2}, Adam Batten³, Chuan-Fen Liu^{1

2}, Karin Nelson^{1

2

3

4}, Stephan D Fihn^{2

4}

¹ Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System.
² Department of Health Services University of Washington.
³ Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Clinical System Development and Evaluation.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

No abstract available

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The Burden of Mental Illness Among Veterans: Use of VHA Health Care Services by Those With Service-connected Conditions.
Maynard C, Batten A, Liu CF, Nelson K, Fihn SD. Maynard C, et al. Med Care. 2017 Nov;55(11):965-969. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000806. Med Care. 2017. PMID: 28930889
The Methodological Challenges of Using Veterans Benefits Administration Disability Codes to Ascertain Agent Orange Exposure Among Vietnam Theater Veterans With Service-connected Disabilities.
Fried DA, Helmer D, Davey VJ. Fried DA, et al. Med Care. 2019 Feb;57(2):172-173. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001045. Med Care. 2019. PMID: 30520837 No abstract available.