Findings: One of the challenges for people in a vegetative state is determining the amount of compensation, the type and amount of benefits lost, and the payment of expenses incurred in the vegetative state. In a vegetative state, a person is unable to perform voluntary actions; but they have vital signs. Coma is not a disease, but rather a symptom of a complication and damage to the brain that leads to unconsciousness. The unconsciousness of these people may be short-term or long-term. Accordingly, from a jurisprudential and legal perspective, they are considered conscious. People who suffer from this condition may survive for many years and, although they appear to be conscious, cannot communicate with their surroundings.