WASHINGTON, DC – PA U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, a West Point graduate and U.S. Army veteran, has introduced bipartisan legislation which aims to improve treatments for traumatic brain injury or TBI among veterans. The proposal establishes a new grant program through the Department of Veterans Affairs to fund research and development of treatments for chronic mild TBI among veterans, with a focus on neuro-rehabilitation, mental health outcomes, and suicide prevention. The new program will develop pilot programs, partnerships, and independent studies to test and validate new therapies to support innovative treatments of brain injury or mental health care. McCormick said members of our nation’s military are far too often plagued by the physical and mental wounds of war when they return home. Veterans deserve access to innovative and groundbreaking TBI treatments that will enhance their quality of life and finally address the suicide epidemic among service members.
SEN. DAVID MCCORMICK