Mar 16, 2023 | Defense Base Act, PTSD
It’s estimated that one in eleven people will be diagnosed with PTSD in their lifetime, and the possibility of defense contract workers developing it is shockingly high. If you’re a civilian employee that developed PTSD or were injured while...
Oct 27, 2022 | Defense Base Act, PTSD
Can you believe that there are well over 170,000 active duty military personnel who are stationed abroad? While your home may be thousands of miles away, that doesn’t mean you have fewer rights. Instead, you may be eligible for compensation according...
Aug 4, 2022 | Defense Base Act, PTSD
The United States Military employs several hundred thousand civilians in a number of different capacities. Unfortunately, this also means that these civilians are at risk of the same injuries and trauma that any service member would be. When a civilian working for the...
May 20, 2022 | Defense Base Act, PTSD
Are you wondering whether you need to file a Defense Base Act claim? The Defense Base Act (DBA) was designed to ensure civilian employees who work with the U.S. government overseas receive workers’ compensation. So, if you’ve been injured overseas while on...
Apr 15, 2022 | Defense Base Act, PTSD
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were just over 2 million injuries in US workplaces in 2020. This doesn’t take workplace deaths from injury into account, but that number pales by comparison to injuries. This raises an interesting...
