six weeks later danny murphy took his own life. >> last thing my brother texted is hope to talk to yout evening he hung himself. it is haunting. >> reporter: i see the pain. >> yeah. i miss him. >> that was jim axelrod reporting. the v.a. declined our request for an interview but said that it is committed to safe, well coordinated care for those that sacrificed for our (announcer) america's veterans have always stepped up. but with the covid-19 crisis, many veterans are struggling - to make ends meet or get the care they need. dav has helped ill and injured veterans for one hundred years, but today, the need is greater than ever. give to the dav covid-19 relief fund - and help provide critical assistance to veterans in need. go to dav.org/helpvets or call now. your donation will make a real difference. or call now. (drumsticks rattle, feedback hums) (door closes in distance) ♪ (overlapping voices): we are producers, engineers, singers, songwriters, musicians, tour and live production crews, and thousands more of us. (male voice): without us, the music stops. (overlapping voices): we ne

but jim murphy told us there were also signs of brain damage, like memory loss. >> danny, it wasn't like that. he's like, are you sure? >> he couldn't remember basic stories of your childhood. >> not at all. we could sense that something was wrong. he knew something was wrong with himself. >> you feel different. >> until last month, dr. frederick soughter ran the family health chin at the new orleans va, a psychologist with three decades of treating vets with psd. he grew suspicious in 2017 about the quality of care where he worked. >> i was noticing that many of them were having headaches, were having memory problems, things of that nature. >> many of his patients with ptsd, a psychological condition, were also presenting symptoms of a tbi, a physical wound, but hadn't been diagnosed or treated for one. >> then i said, you know, to myself, there's a problem. >> department protocol requires all iraq and afghanistan vets to undergo a simple four question screen for tbi during their first visit to a va facility. a positive screen leads to more evaluation. according to internal documents ob