and it's quite a widespread phenomenon. >> smith: take the case of sergeant chris pantzke.s planned to return to college after he came home from iraq. he had joined the army in 2003. two years later, he was promoted to sergeant and became a squad leader charged with protecting fuel trucks driving through battle zones west of baghdad. he served there for nine months until one day a car bomb attack inflicted a traumatic brain injury, or tbi. >> i started getting moody, angry. i was so depressed that i did become suicidal. i was hospitalized, and they diagnosed me with ptsd. >> smith: pantzke's story was first reported by dan golden in bloomberg news. pantzke had been drawn to the for-profit school art institutes. >> creativity is a powerful thing. >> smith: art institutes has over 5,000 vets currently enrolled. pantzke says he s atacteby all the possibilities, but was worried he wouldn't cut it. >> one of the very first things, i told them that i had ptsd. and she said, "oh, you'll do fine. we'll take care of you. you're... no... not a problem." you know, "you're good. don't