I just read my cousin's VA medical records and discovered that in 2006, during a consultation, the clinical psychologist wrote, "...one could make a case for PTSD, but I was struck by his severe major depression. He reports vague hallucinations, which may be part of a schizoaffective disorder, but could be associated solely with a severe major depression with psychotic features." He also wrote, "While in the military, he did experience a trauma in seeing a fellow soldier underneath the tires of a truck, although this individual did apparently recover. He noted continued bad dreams about this."
Prior to the psychologist's assessment, under symptoms/diagnosis, PTSD is checked. After the assessment, depression and PTSD are both checked with a question mark beside PTSD.
05/19/2015, he filed a claim for "service connection for post traumatic stress disorder, to include depression" and was denied "because the medical evidence of record fails to show that this disability has been clinically diagnosed." Also, "During your VA examination, no diagnosis of PTSD was made. Also, we have not found that you experienced a stressful event in service, including fear of hostile military or terrorist activity."
Around August 2016, he applied again and noted trauma from seeing his friend injured under a 2 1/2T and also from having his hometown best friend, who my cousin talked into entering the military with him, die after his truck went over a bridge. He received 10%. A NOD has since been filed. I found the psychologist's 2006 diagnosis after the NOD.
Can anything be done about oversight of the 2006 diagnosis of PTSD and severe mental depression at this late date?
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Prior to the psychologist's assessment, under symptoms/diagnosis, PTSD is checked. After the assessment, depression and PTSD are both checked with a question mark beside PTSD.
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Not enough info. Did he file a formal PTSD claim and then receive a denial in 2006? If so does he still have his rating sheet from that 2006 claim? If so can he scan and attach it here (cover C
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Always remember Clemons v. Shinseki. We are not trained in the arts of psychiatry so we cannot self diagnose. We are not expected to be able to decypher the difference between depression and PTSD-or,
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I feel it is a Moot point Kluender, because CUE depends on an actual "decision" that contains a legal error, that ultimately manifests an outcome that was detrimental to the veteran. That would a
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