Brain Injuries Challenge Veteran Marriages

September 23, 2009 5:45 a.m.

There are no official statistics on how many marriages break up after veterans return home from the Iraq war ... changed. But when a vet returns with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or Traumatic Brain Injury, it can put a marriage to the test. The VA Medical Center in La Jolla estimates almost 30 percent of veterans they enroll are diagnosed with PTSD, and 8 percent have TBI.

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