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April 4, 2013

Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic brain injury is one of the invisible wounds of war, and one of the signature injuries of troops wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq. This American Forces Press Service special report highlights the Defense Department's efforts to care for wounded warriors suffering from this condition while promoting research to improve diagnosis and treatment.

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Vets Share Heartbreak, Hope in Confronting Brain Injuries

A group of veterans bared their souls about the challenges of living with TBI and to encourage and support each other at the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic at Snowmass Village, Colo. Story

Defense Brain Injury Center, Two Decades of Research and Advancements

For more than 20 years, the Defense and Veteran's Brain Injury Center, one of the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, has served service members, beneficiaries and veterans with state-of-the-art clinical care, innovative clinical research initiatives and educational programs. Story

TBI Treatment and Research Pay Off

Service members who have suffered severe traumatic brain injuries and psychological ills can benefit from an intensive four-week program at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence. Story

Soldiers Continue Recovery
From 'Invisible Wounds'

Army Spc. Kevin Wear was riding in an armored vehicle in Afghanistan last summer when a roadside bomb exploded, tearing the vehicle into three pieces and killing three of the five passengers inside. Story

Explosive Ordnance Team Leader
Seeks TBI Help

Air Force Master Sgt. Jennifer Allara, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team leader at Dover Air Force Base, Del., joined 20 other patients in a program designed to analyze and provide individual plans for coping with traumatic brain injury at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Story

VA Seeks to Expand TBI Benefits

The Department of Veterans Affairs is publishing a proposed regulation in the Federal Register that would change its rules to add five diagnosable illnesses which are secondary to service-connected TBI. Story

Veterans Affairs, Defense Departments to Fund $100 Million PTSD and TBI Study

The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense announced they are investing more than $100 million in research to improve diagnosis and treatment of mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Story

Army, NFL Report to Congress on
Brain-injury Initiative

The Army has made more progress in studying traumatic brain injury in the last 10 years than it made in the previous 50, the service's vice chief said. Story

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Incidence Charts (DOD TBI numbers)

DOD Numbers for Traumatic Brain Injury: Incidence by Armed Forces Branch

DOD Numbers for Traumatic Brain Injury: Incidence by Severity

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