Source: nextgov.com
To get a better handle on traumatic brain injury, one of the invisible wounds of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Defense Department is developing databases to track cases to aid diagnosis and treatment.
Vice Adm. Adam Robinson, the Navy surgeon general, told the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel on April 13 that the service has generated a spreadsheet for the Marine Corps to record blast injuries. Marines who have suffered three concussions from blasts -- which on the surface might not seem to have caused brain damage -- are required to undergo neurological examination, Robbins told lawmakers at the hearing.
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