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Originally Posted by JoeGrun11b
The VA has been trying to link PTSD with brain abnormalities so they don't have to pay veterans for effects from combat. They told me a study was going on that showed a possible link to the size of the hippocampus. Maybe it's true maybe not. But even though we may have a propensity toward a certain way of thinking doesn't mean it wasn't an event or series of events that pushed our brains to the point they are at.
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There is evidence that some people with depression have a smaller hippocampus.
I believe there is also evidence that shows that very traumatic events do effect the brain in an otherwise normal person. I am sure some vets go in predisposed to depression or don't handle stress as well but I think severe trauma causes changes in someone not predisposed. If the VA is trying to wiggle out of responsibility that is just BS. Even if someone is predisposed or went in with mental health issues and combat triggered it or made things ten times worse why should the VA wiggle out of it. I mean I agree with you 100%.
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