Military Occupations Most Affected by Head/Sensory Injuries and the Potential Job Impact of Those Injuries.

Objective: Identifying Department of Defense (DoD) occupations affected by injuries to the head and sensory systems.

Methods: We explored the Defense Medical Epidemiology Database to identify occupations with the highest incidence of injured personnel, then ranked how frequently they occurred in a top 10 list for each of four injury categories (head/brain, visual, auditory, vestibular) encompassing 25 injury codes. Across all four categories, the most affected occupations were identified, among which we chose three Army combat-related military occupational specialties (MOSs) for detailed study.