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The American Institute of Medicine has released new study results that show traumatic brain injury suffered by soldiers in combat is linked to the onset of Alzheimer's disease.
Other symptoms recorded in blast victims were found to reflect those seen in Parkinson's patients and other related disorders.
The modern nature of war has been blamed for the findings and the resultant brain injury compensation claims.
George W Rutherford, who chaired the report's authorial committee, suggested that it was the use of roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan and the non-penetrating injuries that occurred as a result of close-proximity explosions.
He said, "It is important to identify and understand any long-term health effects of these injuries so that wounded service members do not lose valuable time for therapy and rehabilitation."
The report recommends that all soldiers exposed to a blast should be screened for traumatic brain injury and that pre- and post-deployment brain function tests should be given to all serving personnel.
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