I need to find the M-21 version that states , p&t should be awarded when a condition has been static/ chronic for 5 yrs or longer.
Putting in for p&t coming up on 6 yrs of no change . My psych DR wrote a letter stating I have been suffering from ptsd for the past 15 yrs .
diagnosed and connected almost 6 yrs ago . Recently won appeal back to 2009 for TDIU .
Her last paragraph reads : Opinion : It is my opinion that Mr Marine has been unemployable since atleast his hospitalization in 2009, if not before,
due to the severity of his psychiatric conditions. Letters I have written in his support since May 2011 have consistently documented my belief that his psychiatric conditions have resulted in total occupational and social impairment,and rendered him unemployable. Even with continued treatment , his conditions of PTSD and related disorders , OCD AND MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER ARE NOT LIKELY TO IMPROVE IN THE FORESEEABLE
FUTURE. Therefore , in my opinion , his disability continues to be TOTAL AND PERMANENT.
Signed Dr PHD
PTSD SPECIALIST / ADDICTION SPECIALIST