By Richard Sisk: For More Info, Go Here…
ngd- You mean they weren’t adding this obvious issue to the medical history???
Congress has directed the Pentagon to document troops’ blast exposures in combat and training and include the information in their medical histories to help determine whether they are eligible for treatment and service-connected benefits.
According to language in the $738 billion defense bill signed into law last Friday by President Donald Trump, the histories will also “inform future blast exposure risk mitigation efforts of the Department of Defense.”
The legislation also requires the DoD and service branches to report to Congress within a year on their progress compiling the histories.
According to a provision in the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, the histories should include the date of the blast exposure and its duration. If possible, “the measured blast pressure experienced by the individual during such exposure” should also be included.
The “covered incidents” to be part of the histories under the legislation refer to “a concussive event or injury that requires a military acute concussive evaluation by a skilled health care provider.”
