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Members of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee
met recently discuss ways to provide treatment
for traumatic brain injury (TBI), which is
considered by many to be the signature injury of
the war in Iraq. Among veterans and service
members from Iraq and Afghanistan treated at
Walter Reed for injuries of any type,
approximately 65 percent have TBI as a primary
diagnosis or simultaneous injury.
Medical doctors,
neuropsychologists, researchers and family
members attended the symposium to discuss the
health care needs of our returning service
members. This symposium continues the series of
roundtable discussions that the Committee will
hold throughout the 110th Congress. |
