The Pentagon announced Thursday the total of U.S. service members who are being treated for concussion symptoms after Iran's missile attacks has been raised to 64, according to The Hill.
The number is 14 more than what the Defense Department reported a day earlier and 30 more than last week's announced total, according to the report.
After being diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injuries, or TBI, 39 service members have returned to duty, Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col Thomas Campbell said, per the report.
Another 21 have been taken to Germany for further evaluation of the injuries sustained when Iran bombed Iraqi airbases hosting American service members earlier this month, per the report.
The attack was retaliation for President Donald Trump ordering the strike that killed Islamic Revolution Guard Corps Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani, who was leading a U.S.-designated terrorist organization.
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) have called on Trump to apologize for calling the concussions sustained by soldiers as "not very serious," The Hill reported.
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