Where Did My Brain Go?

The Military and Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act was introduced on May 9, 2007, by Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL).
Senator Durbin described this legislation as:

“A bill to ensure that the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs provide to members of the Armed Forces and veterans with traumatic brain injury the services [...]

Please observe the National Moment of Remembrance at 3 P.M. on Memorial Day.

The House passed this bill, H.R. 2199, yesterday, by a vote of 421 — 0.
This bill amends Title 38 to improve the treatment and care of military personnel with traumatic brain injuries. It adds a new subchapter to the code: “Traumatic Brain Injuries.”
Some key points of this bill are:

The next bill I am covering is H.R. 1944, “The Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Act,” which was introduced on April 19, 2007, by Representative Jason Altmire (D-PA) from Jayne’s hometown.
Representative Altmire introduced this bill to modify U.S. Code Title 38, “Veteran’s Benefits”, which was enacted on September 2, 1958, and signature injury of the [...]

TBI has become a big issue in this Presidential election year, and three bills have been introduced recently to help soldiers with traumatic brain injuries.
The first bill, the Wounded Warrior Assistance Act of 2007 was introduced by Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO), who is Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, on March 15, 2007.
This bill’s [...]

By August 29, 2006, “signature injury” was in the news. Actually it was the news.
On August 29, 2006, the Raleigh (NC) News & Observer, published, “Brain injury budget faces cut: Military research, treatment at risk.” by Jay Price, which began, “Brain injuries are so common among U.S. troops that they’re called the signature injury of [...]

This is the first reference I found to “signature injury” This press release is dated two days after Dr. Zitnay’s letter.
JWV Deplores Potential Budget Cut for Treatment of War-Related Brain Injuries
08/22/2006
The Jewish War Veterans of the USA  (JWV) condemns as immoral the reduction in funding for research and treatment of brain injuries in the 2007 [...]

On August 20, 2006, Dr. Zitnay wrote this letter to the editor of the Washington Times.
Helping brain-injured veteransI wish to thank The Washington Times for supporting the Defense and Veterans’ Brain Injury Center (“Brain-dead appropriations,” Editorial, Thursday) and, more importantly, our troops who suffer brain injuries on behalf of our country.
I am the co-founder of [...]