Defense Base Act Lawyer: We Protect You When You Are Hurt: What if there was a delay in getting treatment for my PTSD? I We know how difficult it can be for an injured DBA worker and their family after they have suffered a serious Defense Base Act injury. Contact us to get the help you need and can trust to make it through this difficult time. Call 619 - 234-2833 or 866-963-0540.

What if there was a delay in getting treatment for my PTSD?

Defense Base Act Lawyer: We Protect You When You Are Hurt

We know how difficult it can be for an injured DBA worker and their family after they have suffered a serious Defense Base Act injury. Contact us to get the help you need and can trust to make it through this difficult time.

Call 619 - 234-2833 or 866-963-0540.


What if I didn't get treatment for my PTSD right away?

PTSD is a difficult condition to diagnose promptly. Courts have recognized that psychological disorders such as PTSD may manifest themselves progressively, thus resulting in delayed diagnoses. Courts have found that the date that psychological symptoms are initially recognized by a psychiatrist is not determinative of when an individual's impairment becomes disabling.

DBA Judges realize mental disorders cannot be easily ascertained or verified by objective clinical testing as other physical ailments can. A Defense Base Act worker who is not diagnosed for a mental impairment until long after the symptoms first appear does not preclude the possibility that the DBA worker became disabled before he or she was ultimately diagnosed. Accordingly, courts have found it a questionable practice to chastise one with a mental impairment for the exercise of poor judgment in seeking rehabilitation.


What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Under the Defense Base Act?

Defense Base Act Lawyer Bill Turley "DBA Judges won't hold it against you if there was a delay in getting treatment for your PTSD."

Defense Base Act Lawyer Bill Turley - the DBA and PTSD

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Committed to Protecting Your Rights

We are committed to protecting your legal rights. We understand that you and your family's future is can be riding on the outcome of your case. We fight hard to protect your rights to maximum financial compensation and needed health care.

We are passionate about helping injured DBA workers. We treats our clients with respect, dignity. We fight hard for you - to get what you are entitled to under the law. The best doctors. We monitor your medical treatment to help ensure that you get the best medical care possible.


We Protect You When You Are Hurt

We know how difficult it can be for an injured worker and their family after they have suffered a serious Defense Base Act injury. Contact us to get the help you need and can trust to make it through this difficult time.


619-234-2833 or toll free at 866-963-0540.





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The San Diego, California personal injury law firm of The Turley Law Firm serves clients across  Southern California area. We give you straight talk about your legal options. We have handled cases from San Diego to Imperial Beach to Oceanside to Escondido to El Cajon, everywhere in between, such as: Alpine, Camp Pendleton, Cardiff, Carlsbad, Chula Vista, Coronado,  Del Mar, Eastlake, Encinitas, La Mesa, La Costa, La Jolla, Lakeside, Lemon Grove, Mission Bay, NAS San Diego, National City, Naval Station San Diego, North Island, North County, Pacific Beach, Point Loma, Port of San Diego, Poway, Ramona, Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Santa Fe, San Marcos, San Diego Harbor, Santee, Solana Beach, South Bay, Spring Valley, Vista.

We handle cases across California, including: Riverside County, San Bernardino County, Orange County, Imperial County, Los Angeles County, and Ventura County, Colorado River, Mexico, Cabo, Pacific Ocean and all the Oceans and waterways across California and the World.


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