If you're a vet, or know vets/work with vets, this is VERY important info on a gent who committed suicide, and on autopsy, he had CTE. CTE has gotten much attention via the NFL, but it's being under diagnosed or ignored by the VA. There's a direct connection between TBI, CTE, PTSD, depression, behavioral, and other issues some vets will face due to repeated brain trauma caused by concussive forces, and yes, there are things that can be done, both preventative and post exposure, not being done. Bottom line: THESE MEN CAN BE SAVED. Until enough people, vets, medical professionals etc say "enough is enough" this will not change. Be..that..change.
A Navy SEAL's last act of service: A search for the truth about brain disease and the military
“That’s what he’d been diagnosed with,” Jennifer says. “I had no reason to think there was anything else to find.”
In June, three months after Dave died, a letter came from the doctor who examined his brain. It left Jennifer stunned.
What had caused Dave’s unraveling was chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the degenerative brain disease best known for affecting former professional football players. Associated with repeated head trauma, CTE causes neurological decay, has no known treatment and can be diagnosed only at autopsy. It is linked to memory loss, personality changes, depression, impulsivity, dementia and suicide.
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