Again, the important consideration is that, in fact, the disability award payments do just that. What this critical injury benefit is about—and it's to be distinguished from the disability award—is it was designed to ensure that those veterans who suffer these sudden and traumatic injuries.... Oftentimes it may be on the battlefield as such. It could be in the circumstance of a garrison injury or the crash of a helicopter. It's to compensate for disability that arises for the pain and suffering before the disability has stabilized, which is not to say.... If I might just add, the way it's been designed—and you're not wrong; it may well be that the preponderance of those who are awarded the benefit may indeed suffer from physical injury, but it has been designed in such a way that it would not necessarily preclude a mental health effect that meets the criteria. In other words, you are so traumatized by the event that it requires you to go into a state of care.
On May 26th, 2015. See this statement in context.