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Mental Injury and Concussion Assessing/Diagnosing and Dual Diagnosis

Anthony Jordan made this Official Information request to Accident Compensation Corporation

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From: Anthony Jordan

Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,

1/ What process does the ACC use to Assess a Mental Injury in someone with a Diagnosed Post Concussion Syndrome/Mild Traumatic brain injury

2/ What process does the ACC uses to Diagnose a Mental Injury in someone with a Diagnosed Post Concussion Syndrome/Mild Traumatic brain injury

As an example

i.e. One assessor? Multiple Disciplinary Panel? A Collective of Neuro specialists? Etc

3/ Where a Dual Diagnosis of Mental Injury and Concussion impairments exist, what processes are used to Assess and Diagnose, In order to separate the two impairments by percentage of Impairment

Yours faithfully,

Anthony Jordan

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