New policy results in more TBIs discovered in soldiers

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A new treatment program requiring soldiers to be pulled from combat and examined after being exposed to a blast results in more soldiers being diagnosed with mild Traumatic Brain Injuries that likely would have gone undiagnosed previously.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/story/2011-09-27/military-diagnoses-more-brain-injuries-trauma-battle-combat-policy/50575536/1