[TS_VCSC_Advanced_Textblock styling_color=”#000000″ styling_size=”20″ styling_padding=”padding-top:12px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;” restrictions=”Visibility: Everybody / Tag Conditions: No” styling_border=”border-style:solid;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;|border-width:1px;border-radius:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;|border-color:#cccccc;border-top-color:#cccccc;border-right-color:#cccccc;border-bottom-color:#cccccc;border-left-color:#cccccc;” conditionals=”eyJ2aWV3ZXJzdGF0dXMiOiJldmVyeWJvZHkiLCJyZXN0cmljdGlvbiI6Im5vbmUiLCJ1c2Vycm9sZXMiOiIiLCJ1c2Vyc2NvcGUiOiJhbnkiLCJ1c2VyY2FwcyI6IiIsIm90aGVyc2NvcGUiOiJhbnkiLCJvdGhlcnRhZ3MiOiIiLCJkZXZpY2V0eXBlcyI6IiJ9″]Many veterans do not realize they have suffered concussion injury. Injury results in the dissolution of families, alcohol and drug abuse, loss of employment, homelessness and suicide. Misdiagnosis with PTSD typically results in medication being prescribed which aggravates their condition. There is a huge at-risk population of veterans – not only for the immediate consequences of brain injury but for early onset of neurodegenerative disease conditions like Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and ALS.[/TS_VCSC_Advanced_Textblock]
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