Federal Service Line
BehavioralHealthEvaluations
Empower provides Behavioral Health Evaluations for federal programs, including condition-specific evaluation capabilities for PTSD, military sexual trauma, traumatic brain injury, and Gulf War Illness and toxic exposure, with medical opinions, clinical quality review, and accountable clinical leadership.
Empower provides Behavioral Health Evaluations for federal programs, including condition-specific evaluation capabilities for PTSD, military sexual trauma, traumatic brain injury, and Gulf War Illness and toxic exposure, with medical opinions, clinical quality review, and accountable clinical leadership.
Last reviewed: August 24, 2026
Service Scope
What this service line covers
Complex behavioral health evaluations
The federal behavioral health service line includes PTSD, military sexual trauma, traumatic brain injury, and Gulf War Illness and toxic exposure evaluations, with condition-specific detail available for each evaluation type.
Medical opinions and quality review
Empower prepares medical opinions on causation and aggravation and completes clinical quality review of completed evaluations before reports are released.
Clinician support and accountability
Empower recruits, credentials, and supports its clinicians directly. Accountable clinical leadership oversees the quality standard for the work.
In-person or telehealth availability
In-person or telehealth examinations are available across all 50 states, subject to examination and program requirements. PSYPACT-certified clinicians support telehealth practice where applicable.
Published Service Scope
Evaluation capabilities
- PTSD Evaluations
- Military Sexual Trauma (MST) Evaluations
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Evaluations
- Gulf War Illness and Toxic Exposure Evaluations
- Medical Opinions on Causation and Aggravation
- Completed-Evaluation Quality Review
Condition-Specific Detail
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Military Sexual Trauma
Empower's licensed psychologists and psychiatrists conduct military sexual trauma examinations that follow VA markers-based evidence standards and are written for review by VA raters.
View evaluation detailTraumatic Brain Injury
Empower conducts traumatic brain injury evaluations that assess residuals across cognitive, emotional, and behavioral domains, with neurology expertise represented in its clinical leadership.
View evaluation detailPTSD
Empower's licensed psychologists and psychiatrists conduct PTSD evaluations using DSM-5 criteria, structured interviews, and stressor-linked diagnostic reasoning documented for program review.
View evaluation detailToxic Exposure
Empower evaluates Gulf War Illness and toxic exposure claims, including the behavioral health dimensions of chronic multisymptom illness and PACT Act era exposure presentations.
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