It’s starting to look like that shocking, horrific story of the soldier who went on a mass killing spree might lead in some unexpected and even more troubling directions. We’re now hearing that the soldier in question was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury from an incident in Iraq in 2010 but was later declared fit for duty.
There’s no evidence that that led to the massacre in Afghanistan. But there’s been evidence of late that that Army has been pressuring military physicians not to aggressively diagnose PTSD and other conditions related to traumatic brain injury because of the massive long term care costs associated with the diagnosis.
Again, no direct evidence as yet that these two story lines are connected. But we might be headed in that direction.
