With more than 266,000 diagnoses of TBI from the wars in the last decade, researchers are trying to create a "common data dictionary" that better differentiates among mild, moderate, and severe injury.
See more video clips with Dr. Anand Veeravagu.
Produced by Christian Lindstrom and Justin Rhodes, BrainLine Military.
About the author: Anand Veeravagu, MD
Anand Veeravagu, MD is a neurosurgeon in training at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is a former White House fellow and special assistant to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. He previously served as chief neurosurgery resident at the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Hospital.