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Also this week, The Rand Corporation published an important comprehensive study of the mental health and cognitive needs of U.S. servicemembers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq.  This groundbreaking study - which focuses specifically on the post-deployment health-related needs and economic costs associated with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depression and TBI - estimates that 320,000 servicemembers may have experienced TBI as a result of recent combat operations. Continue Reading »

Also this week, BIAA submitted a Comment Letter on a Proposed Rule by the Department of Veterans Affairs to overhaul the Schedule for Rating Disability when it comes to TBI.

Although BIAA’s letter acknowledges that the Proposed Rule constitutes an improvement from current regulations, it also communicates several concerns and suggestions for further improvement of the disability ratings system in regards to TBI.

To view a copy of BIAA’s Comment Letter to the VA, please visit our website at http://www.biausa.org/policyissues.htm.

According to Linda J. Bilmes, a former chief financial officer and assistant secretary of the US Commerce Department, it will cost $662 billion over the next 40 years to care for returned veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Bilmes, who now lectures on public policy at the John F Kennedy School of Government, accuses the Bush administration of being unprepared for what disability benefits and medical care will cost for veterans.

The costs are increased by the fact that more soldiers are surviving their injuries. In Vietnam the wounds per death ratio was 2.6:1, now it is 16:1. In addition there is a large number of soldiers who have disabilities as mental health conditions.

Source: www.newsdaily.com

Fisher House, a new residence on the grounds of Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Hospital, gives families of military soldiers a place to stay while loved ones recover

Name : Lauren McSherry Photographs Norbert von der Groeben

Eight weeks after their son was injured in Iraq, Tim and Linda Perry carried their suitcases into a newly decorated bedroom at the Fisher House in Palo Alto. It had been a long journey from their Somers, Conn. home — in more ways than one.
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Over 1,500 British troops have returned from Iraq suffering from mental problems, including post traumatic stress disorder, Defence Secretary John Reid has revealed.

“Between January 2003 and December 2005 inclusive, 1,551 UK service personnel who had served in Iraq on Operation Telic were subsequently assessed by the Defence medical services as suffering from a mental health disorder,” Reid said. Continue Reading »

Name: PAMELA GOULD
During their first few days in the United States, 13 officers from the Iraqi army visited the traditional tourist spots of the nation’s capital.

They walked to the Lincoln Memorial, the World War II Memorial, the Washington Monument and the White House, and spent time in the Smithsonian Institution. Continue Reading »

Thursday April 27, 10:45 pm ET

Key points:

- US Army and Neuren make significant progress in joint Traumatic Brain Injury programme confirming NNZ-2566 as a ‘very promising candidate for brain trauma’

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Friday May 12, 10:07 am ET

NovaVision Vision Restoration Therapy, the First and Only Therapy to Improve Visual Field Deficit from Stroke or TBI, Recognized for Advancements in Healthcare Nationwide

BOCA RATON, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 12, 2006–NovaVision, Inc. today announced it received the Palm Beach County Medical Society Advancements in Healthcare Award at the organization’s 3rd annual Heroes in Medicine Award Program.

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By Lynn Carey
CONTRA COSTA TIMES

IN PALM BEACH, the weather’s fine — especially for Dave King. The author is there with all expenses paid. It’s one of the perks that goes with writing a novel with the wide appeal that “The Ha-Ha” has.

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Name : CHRISTINE ARMARIO
Newsday Staff Writer

May 8, 2006
During his year in Iraq, Paul Walter suffered a traumatic brain injury after being struck by a car bomb, saw three close friends die and was stationed on the notorious “highway of death” — Baghdad’s airport road.

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