he died here at the va medical center in tomah, wisconsin, where he had been a mental health patient.use of death, mixed drug toxismty powerful painkillers and tranquilizers that the va had prescribed for him. he first went for addiction to pain medication and anxiety several years ago. the va his parents say initially described him 11 different medications as treatment. >> 11 different meds? >> 11 different meds yeah. >> did that surprise you? >> yeah yeah it blew my mind to be honest. i was shocked by it i just didn't really understand how with all of these different meds in his system how anything could work. >> heather was jason's wife and naya his daughter. >> i slowly saw him decline. he would be worse than when he went in. >> why did you think that was? >> it was the medication. i could tell when medications were changed or increased because his behavior would change so drastically. >> his parents say he was in and out of the va a half dozen times and often asked for more prescriptions and took more pills than he was supposed to. >> and he couldn't control or handle taking them