{ "item_title" : "Clinicians' Reference Guide", "item_author" : [" Timothy Grossman "], "item_description" : "Some of the warfighter's invisible wounds begin with the weapons used to defend the country.Many veterans carry symptoms that trace back to years of firing their own weapons. Mortars, artillery, breaching charges, and heavy weapons produce blast overpressure with every round. Over a career, repeated exposure is linked to neuroinflammation, changes in blood flow to the brain, and a multitude of symptoms that can become chronic, diagnosed conditions. Historically, much of this exposure was not captured in a servicemember's record.Clinicians' Reference Guide: Military Occupational Blast Exposure (MOBE) is a state-of-the-science reference for the clinicians and medical providers who evaluate current and former servicemembers. It brings a body of peer-reviewed evidence on blast-related health effects into focus and translates it for the exam room.Inside the Reference: The neurological, audiological, and psychiatric presentation of blast exposure, including evidence that blast exposure is linked to symptom burden independent of PTSD and diagnosed TBI.High-risk military occupational specialties by branch, drawn from the 2024 Department of Defense memorandum.History taking and differential diagnosis for occupational blast exposure, including what standard intake misses.Validated assessment tools used in VA, Department of War, and research settings, including tools that estimate lifetime exposure for veterans long after separation.ICD-10-CM coding for blast overpressure, including the FY2026 external-cause codes and the FY2027 blast overpressure exposure codes that took effect October 1, 2026.The VA service-connection standard and what makes a medical opinion probative.Care pathways inside and outside the VA, the interdisciplinary care model, and a resource directory for referral.The evidence in this Reference is current through September 2026, and its coding guidance reflects the FY2027 ICD-10-CM update. It draws on the peer-reviewed literature, the 2024 Department of Defense blast overpressure memorandum, the 2026 NATO guidelines, and current TBICoE guidance.Who it is for: Primary care and specialty clinicians, mental health providers, VA and private-sector providers, independent medical examiners, veteran advocates, and researchers.About the author: Timothy J. Grossman is a subject-matter expert on military occupational blast exposure with more than 19 years in veterans advocacy, health, benefits, and policy. He served as a VA-accredited National Service Officer with Disabled American Veterans and as a subject-matter expert with the Wounded Warrior Project, embedded at Walter Reed and the National Intrepid Center of Excellence. A former U.S. Army indirect-fire infantryman (MOS 11C), he served with the 3rd Brigade (Rakkasans), 101st Airborne Division, and with Task Force 2-2 Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, during Operation Iraqi Freedom II. He serves on the community advisory board for a University of Virginia longitudinal study of repeated low-level blast exposure conducted with the Naval Medical Research Command.This book is for professional reference and education. It is not a substitute for individualized clinical judgment.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/816/103/9798161033845_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "22.99", "online_price" : "22.99", "our_price" : "22.99", "club_price" : "22.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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