Extending Veteran Participation in the Validation of the SCI-QOL/CAT

Exclusion Criteria

• •Veterans with non-traumatic spinal cord injury ("non-traumatic" is defined as any injury from a chronic condition that resulted in decline of function due to the paralysis. These conditions include, but are not limited to: multiple sclerosis, arteriole-venous malformation, nerve impingement syndromes, congenital birth defects, or other)
• •Diagnosis of a cognitive impairment (in the clinical chart) such that it limit the subject's ability to read, understand, and respond to statements about quality of life
• •Not fluent in English.