20,000 vets' brain injuries not listed in Pentagon tally

[Harry Hope]

More than 150,000 troops may have suffered head injuries in combat,
says Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., founder of the Congressional Brain
Injury Task Force.

"I am wary that the number of brain-injured troops far exceeds the
total number reported injured," he says.


From USA Today, 11/22/07:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2007-11-22-braininjuries_N.htm

20,000 vets' brain injuries not listed in Pentagon tally

By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY

At least 20,000 U.S. troops who were not classified as wounded during
combat in Iraq and Afghanistan have been found with signs of brain
injuries, according to military and veterans records compiled by USA
TODAY.

The data, provided by the Army, Navy and Department of Veterans
Affairs, show that about five times as many troops sustained brain
trauma as the 4,471 officially listed by the Pentagon through Sept.
30.

These cases also are not reflected in the Pentagon's official tally of
wounded, which stands at 30,327.

The number of brain-injury cases were tabulated from records kept by
the VA and four military bases that house units that have served
multiple combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

One base released its count of brain injuries at a medical conference.
The others provided their records at the request of USA TODAY, in some
cases only after a Freedom of Information Act filing was submitted.

The data came from:

 

[Alice B. Riley]

"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:bnuek31snq55boph12onmqjfo0tcip0kjo@4ax.com...
>
> More than 150,000 troops may have suffered head injuries in combat,
> says Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., founder of the Congressional Brain
> Injury Task Force.
>
> "I am wary that the number of brain-injured troops far exceeds the
> total number reported injured," he says.
>
>
> From USA Today, 11/22/07:
> http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2007-11-22-braininjuries_N.htm
>
> 20,000 vets' brain injuries not listed in Pentagon tally
>
> By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY
>
> At least 20,000 U.S. troops who were not classified as wounded during
> combat in Iraq and Afghanistan have been found with signs of brain
> injuries, according to military and veterans records compiled by USA
> TODAY.
>
> The data, provided by the Army, Navy and Department of Veterans
> Affairs, show that about five times as many troops sustained brain
> trauma as the 4,471 officially listed by the Pentagon through Sept.
> 30.
>
> These cases also are not reflected in the Pentagon's official tally of
> wounded, which stands at 30,327.
>
> The number of brain-injury cases were tabulated from records kept by
> the VA and four military bases that house units that have served
> multiple combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
>
> One base released its count of brain injuries at a medical conference.
> The others provided their records at the request of USA TODAY, in some
> cases only after a Freedom of Information Act filing was submitted.
>
> The data came from:
>
> . Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center in Germany, where troops
> evacuated from Iraq and Afghanistan for injury, illness or wounds are
> brought before going home. Since May 2006, more than 2,300 soldiers
> screened positive for brain injury, hospital spokeswoman Marie Shaw
> says.
>
> . Fort Hood, Texas, home of the 4th Infantry Division, which returned
> from a second Iraq combat tour late last year. At least 2,700 soldiers
> suffered a combat brain injury, Lt. Col. Steve Stover says.
>
> . Fort Carson, Colo., where more than 2,100 soldiers screened were
> found to have suffered a brain injury, according to remarks by Army
> Col. Heidi Terrio before a brain injury association seminar.
>
> . Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, where 1,737 Marines were found to
> have suffered a brain injury, according to Navy Cmdr. Martin Holland,
> a neurosurgeon with the Naval Medical Center San Diego.
>
> . VA hospitals, where Iraq and Afghanistan veterans have been screened
> for combat brain injuries since April. The VA found about 20% of
> 61,285 surveyed - or 11,804 veterans - with signs of brain injury,
> spokeswoman Alison Aikele says. VA doctors say more evaluation is
> necessary before a true diagnosis of brain injury can be confirmed in
> all these cases, Aikele says.
>
> Soldiers and Marines whose wounds were discovered after they left Iraq
> are not added to the official casualty list, says Army Col. Robert
> Labutta, a neurologist and brain injury consultant for the Pentagon.
>
> "We are working to do a better job of reflecting accurate data in the
> official casualty table," Labutta says.
>
> ____________________________________________________
>
> uh huh
>
> Harry

Bush has padded the death totals as well by not reported anything but KIAs.
It's all for Bush's amusement.

 

[zzpat]

Harry Hope wrote:

>
> The data, provided by the Army, Navy and Department of Veterans
> Affairs, show that about five times as many troops sustained brain
> trauma as the 4,471 officially listed by the Pentagon through Sept.
> 30.
>

Say it's not so...the Army, Navy and Veterans Affairs are lying to us?
Impossible...I refuse to believe it.


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[Phlip]

> Therefore you must equally stand up for and support Hitler's Nazis as they
> are victim's also.

And the difference between support and not-blame is..?