Well the NOD was received by the VA on 1 July 2016. After waiting 11 months on my c-file to arrive I had to go for a hail mary with 2 weeks left before my deadline. I did the best I could with what I knew how to do. I didn't want to let the deadline be the end of my claim.
I guess to clarify things and to not waste your time I should start with the chronological order of how all of this happened. Having been Active duty Air Force, USAP AGR, and a full time guard technician my military career has been all over the place.
I was normal AD USAF 2000-2003. I then became a USAP (US Antarctic Program) AGR, which is title 10, with the NY air guard 2003-2005. Then in 2005 I joined the TN Air guard as Full time technician and guardsman at the same time. No break in service.
January 2013 I was injured while in civilian status (leg injury). After 1 year of physical therapy with no improvement, i was told I was going to be medically disqualified and retired from the military. This also meant I would lose my federal job because it was contingent on military membership.
With nothing to lose i decided to finally see some doctors for all the ailments I'd been hiding all these years to keep my security clearance and flight status. After an incident where I was supposed to go to walmart but ended up being gone for 3 hours, waking up at my physical therapists office and not being able to find my way home and calling my wife for help, my wife and best friend said I need help.
The day I went to the shrink I felt defeated and embarrassed. I was so close to cashing in my SGLI for my wife and daughter. I saw the shrink for over a year before my retirement date.
Back to your comment about SMR's. The only thing in my mil records (clinic or personnel office) that say anything about SA or mental condition, is the actual checklist my base sent to headquarters when they DQ'd me medically for my leg injury. I never spoke to anyone in our clinic about my issues. They (personnel office) just threw the SA and mental on top of the leg injury paperwork i guess to make the disqualification really stick.
Regarding your comment, "active Duty DX (back in 14) of your Mood Disorder and any in service Treatment notes, were not available to the Rater. I trust you have copies of your supporting SMR's to supply as N & M Evidence, if not, that's a huge problem".
Militarily i was just a traditional guardsman aka weekend warrior and there was nothing in my SMR's at the time. Only a checklist from our personnel office sent to headquarters saying i had a leg injury, mental problem and sleep apnea.
Sounds like huge problem is where Im at.
Regardless, thank you so much for your time and willingness to help, but Im pretty sure i botched this up to bad to fix.