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Military Health System Conference 2010 Presentation "Traumatic Brain Injury: Navigating the Health Care System" by Jayna Moceri Brooks, RN, MN & CPT Jonathan Brooks
http://www.google.com/search?q=Jayna+Moceri+Brooks&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

National Public Radio & ProPublica report on Purple Hearts and Traumatic Brain Injury: 
NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127402851
ProPublica: http://www.propublica.org/series/brain-wars
 
American Legion Resolution No. 45: Purple Hearts for Traumatic Brain Injuries:  http://www.legion.org/documents/resolutions/07n045.pdf. 

Congressman Bill Pascrell (Representative of the 8th district of New Jersey) & Congressman Todd Russell Platts (Representing the 19th District of Pennsylvania) letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates highlighting the inconsistancy in awarding Purple Heart medals to combat veterans with TBIs:  http://pascrell.house.gov/list/press/nj08_pascrell/pr182009.shtml






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