As the nation prepares to commemorate Veterans Day on Tuesday, a new study suggests the challenge of returning home after military service is even harder for younger veterans.

Posttraumatic stress disorder disproportionately affects military veterans — a new Yale study shows younger vets are more than three times more likely to suffer from PTSD than their older counterparts.

During military training and service, members of the U.S. military are exposed to extreme stressors.

“They’re happening so fast that they don’t have time to actually absorb or even think about some of those experiences,” said Dr. Farzaneh Sabi , OB-GYN and associate medical director at Kaiser Permanente, in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

“Many times, once an active-duty service member transitions to the civilian sec

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