{"id":752,"date":"2020-07-02T15:12:43","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T19:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joannhoffman.com\/blog\/?p=752"},"modified":"2020-07-02T15:13:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T19:13:53","slug":"psychological-injuries-under-the-defense-base-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joannhoffman.com\/blog\/psychological-injuries-under-the-defense-base-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychological Injuries under the Defense Base Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/joannhoffman.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joannhoffman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/man-smoking-with-a-rifle-near-tree-2739446-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"man-smoking-with-a-rifle-near-tree-2739446-1024x681\" width=\"678\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joannhoffman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/man-smoking-with-a-rifle-near-tree-2739446-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.joannhoffman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/man-smoking-with-a-rifle-near-tree-2739446-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.joannhoffman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/man-smoking-with-a-rifle-near-tree-2739446-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joannhoffman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/man-smoking-with-a-rifle-near-tree-2739446-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.joannhoffman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/man-smoking-with-a-rifle-near-tree-2739446-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.joannhoffman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/man-smoking-with-a-rifle-near-tree-2739446-1000x666.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.joannhoffman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/man-smoking-with-a-rifle-near-tree-2739446-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.joannhoffman.com\">Attorneys Jo Ann Hoffman &amp; Associates<\/a> is often tasked with helping individuals involved in terrorist or other violent attacks in places like Afghanistan or Iraq under the Defense Base Act. Indeed, our firm represented numerous contractors injured in the Al-Asad airbase attack by Iran in January 2020 as retaliation for the killing of Soleimani. The insurance carriers are accepting the vast majority of these Al-Asad airbase attack claims due to the wide media coverage.<\/p>\n<p>From experiencing car bombings (VBIED\u2019s) to being a victim of mortar and rocket attacks, these traumatic experiences can cause serious negative effects throughout the rest of the victim\u2019s life. It is important for your Defense Base Act claim to properly label your injuries so that you are not limited later on the case.<\/p>\n<h2>What is a Psychological Injury?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joannhoffman.com\/blog\/psychological-injuries-under-the-defense-base-act\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Psychological Injuries under the Defense Base Act\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorneys Jo Ann Hoffman &#038; Associates is often tasked with helping individuals involved in terrorist or other violent attacks in places like Afghanistan or Iraq under the Defense Base Act. Indeed, our firm represented numerous contractors injured in the Al-Asad airbase attack by Iran in January 2020 as retaliation for the killing of Soleimani. The insurance carriers are accepting the vast majority of these Al-Asad airbase attack claims due to the wide media coverage. From experiencing car bombings (VBIED\u2019s) to being a victim of mortar and rocket attacks, these traumatic experiences can cause serious negative effects throughout the rest of the victim\u2019s life. It is important for your Defense Base Act claim to properly label your injuries so that you are not limited later on the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106,107,84,85,86],"tags":[161],"class_list":["post-752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defense-base-act-benefits","category-defense-base-act-claims","category-post-traumatic-stress-disorder","category-ptsd","category-settlements-for-ptsd","tag-ptsd-dba-defense-base-act"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Psychological Injuries under the Defense Base Act &#8212; Florida Injury Attorneys Blog &#8212; July 2, 2020<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Attorneys Jo Ann Hoffman &amp; Associates is often tasked with helping individuals involved in terrorist or other violent attacks in places like Afghanistan or Iraq under the Defense Base Act. 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