One of the most heat-breaking results of Mr Bu$h’s ego-war is TBI. In many ways this is worse than amputations because there are prostheses available to assist vets in getting back to a semblance of normal life. There are no prosthetic devices to help a wounded vet deal with the minutiae of life such as recognizing what time it is, or how to tie shoelaces, or fill out a form on paper.

Four years into experiencing the medical phenomenon, the VA has issued a new directive on Traumatic Brain Injury. The eight-page .pdf document is available from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, and McClatchy has provided a direct link to the document here. Click on “TBI” for the document. Click on the IAVA link to learn more about the work this dedicated group is doing to alleviate the suffering of our veterans.

Now, if only we could get Mr Bu$h to actually spend some money to help with this problem……