ptsd Va Fl 08-08

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VA Fast Letter 08-08.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Veterans Benefits Administration

Washington, D.C. 20420

April 7, 2008

Director (00/21)

All VA Regional Offices and Centers

Fast Letter 08-08

SUBJECT: Additional Guidance on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

This letter provides guidance on:

• · Development for in-service mental health treatment records
• · In-service initial diagnosis of PTSD
• · Rating mental disorders that led to release from service
• · Corroboration of in-service stressors based on combat
• · Corroboration of in-service stressors not based on combat
• · Stressor development follow-up
• · Formal finding of insufficient stressor information
• · Revised initial PTSD VA examination worksheet
• · PTSD and individual unemployability (IU)