Brain Treatment Center ®

SOF Initiative

Special Operations Care Fund (SOC-F) and Tomahawk Charitable Solutions are honored to sponsor treatment for Special Operations Forces veterans at the Brain Treatment Center (BTC) in San Diego.

Please take a moment to verify there are no conditions that would preclude treatment at the BTC:


  1. Current or recent (<6 months) treatment of epilepsy or clinically significant seizures

  2. Intracranial or spinal implant (i.e., aneurysm clips and coils placed prior to 1990, magnetic-adjusted shunts, epidural cortical stimulator, deep brain stimulator, metal stents, electrodes)

  3. Metal object within or near the head, excluding the mouth, which cannot be safely removed (i.e. metal fragments (excluding titanium), cochlear implant, non-removable hearing aids)

  4. Pacemaker, defibrillator, vagal nerve stimulator, IVC filter, Urogenital implants, any implanted electrical device

  5. Active alcohol or drug addiction.

  6. Threat of harm to self and/or others

  7. Psychotic disorder that would prevent compliance, e.g. schizophrenia

  8. Neurodegenerative disease

  9. Bipolar disorder


Are you a member of the Special Operations Forces community and able to answer “no” to the criteria above?