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Need some advice, Going to just state the facts with no elaboration from me.Please comment on What I need to do

. Joined army Aug 1972 (17 years old)

5th week of basic MST

Suicide attempt 2 days later

Made to go to Pt Field on second day

Awake for almost 3 days, scared it would happen again.

Went AWOLWent back home and went to my moms house, She showed me a letter she wrote to me that was returned to her,with the words on the flap that said AWOL/Homosexual, (I'm not)

Second attempt on my life, than the minister picked me up and checked me into the Mental Ward 11/29/1972

Minister called recruiter and inquired about what they were going to do.

I was arrested at hospital a week later on Dec 7th and escorted to Ft Riley

Was not treated for any mental conditions, paper work proves it

During the time there I was put in the confinement with the really hard core criminalsI was beaten to a point of unconscious and teeth knocked out

When they gave me a discharge examination ,I only saw the Nurse The form They ask you to fill out about your health ,I stated all the problems I had with the beating,( have copy of it from army file)I was on some kind of drug given to me at the mental ward the entire time

It states on the discharge from the mental ward Personality disorder The file was given to the Mps ,but not in my army file, But I was able to get one from the hospital, 38 years later.

I was taken to a room where my attorney and the officer sat together and with in 10 minutes I was discharged

.I was escort to the front gate and released, with hospital slippers, and no coat,Jan in Kansas, no money ,all stolen in the beating, along with all ID. again 17 years old

What is my case if I have one, I was told back in the early 1970,s when I called the veterans, that I was not a veteran and could not help me.

Seen A VSO and with in 2 minutes said that with a OTH discharge (For the good of the service) did not see a case.

Please help, I want to deal with it before all my life is gone,or too old to enjoy some of it.

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I can understand your hate for the Army back then and what you had to go through but I would question how you think of the VA

The VA is not the Army as is totally different in regards to how they care for vets. The Army could care less about you and your case and quite frankly probably would like it if you would just go away. In order to get an answer on your rights and if you were denied them, that question is more than likely going to need a lawyer and see what he says, and you and them would deal with the Army.

As far as a claim for benefits that is where the VA will step in and while they do not require a video of everyday while we served. They will/do require proper paper work to be approved for veterans Benefits. I.E. dd-214 with a discharge classification and a diagnosis of a compensated disease and the connection to your service. That is it.

Do they make us jump through hoops in a way but papers don't lie and if you have them and can proof your point. Then just like Josephine you WILL be awarded your deserved benefits.

You have gotten some good advice here and I would be surprised if you follow it you will not be awarded. By the way when did you contact a VSO and he said he could not help you??

I called waco in March of this year and emailed them in March, both times said they could not help, other than,if I filled out the forms they would mail them in.

I also emailed 3 or 4 county and never got a answer.

Good luck to you!

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I have heard that Waco is a hit er miss varo must be the same with the VSO's there.

I would then suggest you hang around here and ask your questions and go it alone. I would start with submitting the dd-214 changed or if you want to save your date for your claim sned in a claim for your mental condition and let the VA get started. They will start a claim and send you paper work and ask you for any other evidence you may have to support your claim. This will do two things it saves your date and gets your name back in front of them. This will take a few months with all the backlog so while you are waiting get as much evidence you can and we will try and guide you from there.

IF anf that is a big if the VSO were right you will be denied but by being denied the VA also has an obligation to tell you WHY and also tell you what you will need to do to get it changed. That is the good part! From there you just work on getting evidence to proof that point. Simple right? It is if you have the paper work and with a guy with a IQ like yours you should have no problem!

Me my PTSD/depression can hold me back from preparing any kind of records to support. I seem to always get confused and do it hodge podge and not always get the results I should.

If you want to do the application online just go to the VA.gov website and fill in a application for benefits and you are on your way!

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Hello

Does anyone know if the board to correct military records goes by the law of when the offence occurred (1973) or present law

About my general discharge OTH

I was checked out of a mental ward by the army while I was awol,

Was I to of received a mandatory Mental exam upon my discharge?

Thanks

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I think it is too late to appeal you OTH discharge to BCMR. You need to get VA to make determination on your eligibility for benefits. You have 15 years to appeal OTH discharge. This is what regulations say. Maybe there is a loop hole. You will most definitely need a lawyer.

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John

I have read over a hundred cases about the time constraints,and there is a 2/3rd percentage of the rule being waved ,so in I,m hoping.

Question, on the veterans applacation, there is one doctor that my x-wife and I were seeing and she told my wife to get a divorce because I was not stable and even got her a attorney,

The question is I don,t want to call her for medical records, How long will it take the VA to get them.

Thanks

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You have to ask St. Louis to send your records to you. You need to ask the VA to determine if you are eligible for VA benefits. Do that before you try and get your discharge upgraded. Apply for VA benefits at your local VAMC and see what they say. In order to file a claim you have to see if the VA will determine your eligibility. Take your DD214 and go apply for VA benefits.

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