Traumatic Brain Injury: Soldier Claims Disciplinary Hearing Because of Behavior Caused by Brain Injury

An army soldier says that he will have a disciplinary hearing for behavior that he says was caused by a brain injury he suffered during Special Forces training. Paul Thurman says that commanders ignored his injury and sent him to Iraq anyway. Fort Carson officials are not commenting on the case, saying privacy laws forbid them from doing so.

Soldier Claims Disciplinary Hearing Based On Behavior From Brain Injury

Thurman will face up to 30 days in custody if he is convicted of not having followed orders. Medical records obtained by the Associated Press say that Thurman suffered a brain injury after a log fell on his head during training at Fort Bragg in North Carolina in March 2006. A mock explosion also occurred within 3 feet of Thurman's head.