GAO to Look at Soldiers' Brain Injuries
ROBERT WELLER Associated Press Writer reports that the General Accounting Office will be looking closely at Brain Injury in US soldiers. This can be a great stride foward in the effort to properly care for and diagnose TBI in vets.
Suprisingly, the military did not previous use brain scan technology for vets. Now they will be. This will assist vets in receiving proper diagnosis and treatment for this often overlooked injury.
Moreover studies at Fort Carson are revealing just how many brain injuries result from demolition and bombs. It is sad to think how previous vets have been used to "defend our country" and then forgotten when their lives were forever changed in what was previously thought of as mere "shell shock." It is encouraging that the American military machine is making inroads to really caring for the protectors of our country.
