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Senators demand DOD answers on troops’ self-inflicted brain injuries
The move follows reports of troops suffering significant injuries from the concussive blasts from their own weapons.
VA lays groundwork for first major survey of moral injury in veterans
The VA is undertaking the first-ever large-scale population study of moral injury to be conducted among veterans of the post-9/11 wars.
By Hope Hodge Seck
Lawmakers float grant program to get service dogs to struggling vets
The proposal would provide $2 million a year to community groups to pay for the costs of giving service dogs to veterans.
Florida center says exercise, community help veterans heal old injury
One 81-year-old Vietnam vet has gone from a walker to a cane and hopes to jog 3 miles soon.
Military still mismanaging troops’ traumatic brain injury care
The Pentagon Inspector General found inconsistent tracking and followup care for up to half a million traumatic brain injured troops.
Texas university launching trauma research program with military
The new center aims to improve the way medical professionals help both civilians and military patients recover from physical, emotional trauma.
By Allison P. Erickson
Study recruits troops to see how sleep deprivation affects the brain
Researchers want to know how sleep deprivation affects brain function.
This whistleblower called out VA about counselor burnout
Ted Blickwedel confronted VA leadership about its treatment of counselors and decreased care for veterans. Then he wrote a book about it.
By Todd South
Former sailor pleads guilty in $2 million insurance fraud scam
An ex-Navy officer pleaded guilty to participating in an insurance fraud scheme that stole $2 million from a program meant to aid seriously injured trrops.
Outrage over NFL brain injuries; silence over military brain injuries
The NFL is doing the right thing on concussions. The Department of Defense lacks the urgency and a similar aggressive approach.
By Frank Larkin