Comments on: More About Soldier Jonathan Norrell, PTSD Sufferer http://donklephant.com/2008/04/18/more-about-soldier-jonathan-norrell-ptsd-sufferer/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:59:03 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tom Fox http://donklephant.com/2008/04/18/more-about-soldier-jonathan-norrell-ptsd-sufferer/comment-page-1/#comment-396642 Tom Fox Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:27:13 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5281#comment-396642 It is unfortunate that Jonathan is having to endure this. The truth is that the Armed services are having difficulty determining what is going on in these injuries. By the admission of pyhsicians in the military, in the veterans administration and civilian facilities specializing in Brain Injuries these injuries are different. Physicians will not diagnose what they are not trained to recognize. WHile the exclusion of the PTSD cannot be made, the injury Jonathan may have is a physical injury sustained by exposure to blast ovepressure, the injury is quite similar to that experienced by divers exposed to extreme pressures. The military knows this as it appears in their own literature- Textbook of Military Medicine. It is unfortunate that Jonathan is having to endure this. The truth is that the Armed services are having difficulty determining what is going on in these injuries. By the admission of pyhsicians in the military, in the veterans administration and civilian facilities specializing in Brain Injuries these injuries are different. Physicians will not diagnose what they are not trained to recognize.

WHile the exclusion of the PTSD cannot be made, the injury Jonathan may have is a physical injury sustained by exposure to blast ovepressure, the injury is quite similar to that experienced by divers exposed to extreme pressures. The military knows this as it appears in their own literature- Textbook of Military Medicine.

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