Veterans National Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act

This bill sets up a three-year pilot so some veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can get hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) from approved community clinics in two VA regions. The clinics must be properly accredited by recognized organizations. The program is paid for only with private donations placed in a special VA fund, and that fund ends when the pilot ends. The bill also asks the Government Accountability Office to update a 2015 review of HBOT research within one year to see what newer studies show. Finally, it extends an existing limit on certain VA pension payments from 2031 to 2034 .

• Who can get HBOT: veterans with TBI or PTSD, through community providers the VA uses, in two selected VA regions .
• Clinic standards: facilities must be accredited by the Joint Commission, the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, or a similar group .
• Funding: only donations go into a special “VA HBOT Fund,” available until the pilot ends after three years; no taxpayer funds are named here for this pilot fund .
• Research check: a GAO update on HBOT for TBI and PTSD is due within one year .
• Other change: extends certain limits on VA pension payments to October 30, 2034 .