Traumatic brain injury became the signature wound of the post-9/11 wars because the battlefield changed. Improvised explosive devices changed the nature of American combat injuries. But the medical and legal systems that followed — including the Department of Veterans Affairs’ own adjudication frameworks — took years to catch up.Drone warfare is doing it again. And the gap between battlefield reality and the systems meant to support veterans may be widening faster than the last time.As a veterans disability appellate law firm, Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick has represented tens of thousands of veterans in situations like this — instances where theThe post The New Signature Wounds: How Drone Warfare Is Reshaping the Injuries Veterans Bring Home appeared first on War on the Rocks.