Yes!

[clw4514]

I'm still working on getting all my stuff together to file my claim. My therapist told me it would be great if i could get documentation of treatment rcvd outside of the VA. well, seeing how i have been pushing the issue aside for 20 years, i never kept records. just out of curiosity, i called the insurance company i had with fedex at one point. they had a record of a referral from 2000. wooohoooo! now if i could just remember who fedex used in the mid 90s....it just made my day to hear them say they had that pc of paper. after all these years, i may get some long over due relief. its almost as if my pain has been validated.

[clw4514]

i just realized as i was reading over all this that i have an acquaintance who was around in the early 90s when i was hospitalized twice over suicide attempts. he was a superior at work. and then there was something about financial references in sharon's post. hell, i just filed 13 last year and had to convert to a 7 this year. and there's a few other things i can dig out. so, its all coming together for me. slowly but surely i am compiling my documentation. if i knew all those years ago i would need this stuff, i would have kept better records. then again, if i knew what was going on with me, i wouldnt have ended up suicidal!

how do they determine unemployability? does anyone know?

[WHOLESALE]

Did you go to medical and document it there. If documented you have a chance. An IMO might do. The timeframe between then and now does play a negative role though. That's why an IMO will definetely be needed.

Jay

yeah - i was an sp, raped by fellow sp, reported to my group and afosi. fully and thoroughly documented. even though nothing was done about it, it was documented

[clw4514]

Did you go to medical and document it there. If documented you have a chance. An IMO might do. The timeframe between then and now does play a negative role though. That's why an IMO will definetely be needed.

Jay

did u miss the part in those few sentences where i sd fully and thoroughly documented? look, i understand that u may be trying to help me, but u come across as abrasive and as if u do not read things completely before replying. i seem to have an online personality conflict with u so plz avoid my posts if at all possible.

[WHOLESALE]

Listen you can have it documented TWO ways. You may have it in your personnel file that an assault occurred or you may have it in your Medical records.

did u miss the part in those few sentences where i sd fully and thoroughly documented? look, i understand that u may be trying to help me, but u come across as abrasive and as if u do not read things completely before replying. i seem to have an online personality conflict with u so plz avoid my posts if at all possible.

[Wings]

did u miss the part in those few sentences where i sd fully and thoroughly documented? look, i understand that u may be trying to help me, but u come across as abrasive and as if u do not read things completely before replying. i seem to have an online personality conflict with u so plz avoid my posts if at all possible.

Jay, Please respect this veteran's request, and refrain from giving her "advice", where you are new member yourself. Support is great but when you "advise", please cite VA law and regulation whenever possible. ~Wings

Edited June 18, 2009 by Wings

[Pete53]

Jay:

Please do not respond to CLW per her request. Hadit is very sensitive about issues that involve MST

CLW was nice I expect you to honor her request.