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Receive disability for brain injury

Updated: 8/16/2019
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There are various federal programs in place to help those with traumatic brain injury. These include Social Security and assistance from the state department of rehabilitation. brainandspinalcord.org has information on this and other topics relating to brain and spinal cord damage. The following link contains more info on federal programs:

http://www.brainandspinalcord.org/coping-traumatic-brain-injury/federal-programs-tbi/index.html

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