Army Clarifies Purple Heart Rules For Soldiers
The new guidelines should make it easier for soldiers with traumatic brain injuries from explosions to receive the Purple Heart. The Army's move comes in response to an investigation published last September by NPR and ProPublica that revealed some soldiers had been wrongly denied the medal.
Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/17/134604533/army-revising-purple-heart-rules-for-soldiers?ft=1&f=1003