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Troops' brain injury tests put off, medical director says
0 Comments | USA TODAY, March, 2008 | by Gregg Zoroya
For more than two years, the Pentagon delayed screening troops returning from Iraq for mild brain injuries because officials feared veterans would blame vague ailments on the little-understood wound caused by exposure to bomb blasts, says the military's director of medical assessments.
Air Force Col. Kenneth Cox said in an interview that the Pentagon wanted to avoid another controversy such as the Gulf War syndrome. About 10,000 veterans blamed medical conditions from cancer to eczema on their service.
The Pentagon did not acknowledge the syndrome until Congress created a committee to study it in 1998.
For troops who believe they may have a condition not designated as war-related, Cox said, often "they're reacting to rumors, things that they've read...
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