ptsd C&p W/of C-File

[WhyMista]

So I had my comp and pen last summer and I recently got a copy of it and they didn't have my c-file and each doctor even mentioned that they held it for a week after requesting it.

On my ptsd I got a gaf of 60 including a diagnosis of alcohol abuse in partial remission.

The symptoms he listed were: anxiety, chronic sleep impairment, flattened affect, and difficulty in establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships.

He said that if my stressors can be conceded then it is more likely than not that his ptsd was caused during military service based upon my getting hit with an ied and also sweeping a canal for the bodies of two of our Marines.

Also my claim for vertigo when I saw the doctor he mentioned that I was unable to properly touch my finger to my nose with my eyes closed and maintain balance without visual spatial awareness and that it is most likely due to a mtbi. I am waiting for Veterans Evaluation Service to schedule my comp and pen for that and when I last spoke to my vso he said they anticipated that mid February that they would have all evidence needed.

Since my c-file which has documentation about my being in an ied, doing casevacs etc if they still don't have it should I refuse to be seen till they have it?

Also I'm most likely going to be getting a IMO from a psychologist who works with many AD, reserve and veteran people especially with claims. My primary reason for doing that is that the few symptoms he listed aren't remotely close to all of them. Simply looking at the last year of my med recs would tell you that.

I'm just wondering if sending in an IMO now would end up backfiring in the event they were already giving me a favorable rating. If I wait and get 50 I would be ok with that but if I turn one in I don't want to be stuck waiting months and months its already been 20.

Thank

[WhyMista]

You might just accept the meds and then make up your own mind about taking them. The VA thinks that a person is not really ill, sick or suffering unless they are on meds. They think meds cure everything including the problems that meds cause. I used to be on three pages of meds. I did cut it down ot about a page and a half.

John

That is one thing I hate about the va. They try to rely on, medication instead of psychotherapy such as PE, CBT, CPT etc. Not to mention a large portion of veterans have complex issues due to comorbidity. I remember how they would hand out opiates and benzodiazapines like candy to people myself included who had documented substance abuse problems.

[WhyMista]

It would still be SC'd as direct SC not secondary to.

I figured that's what it meant but generally when you use the term secondary it refers to either a spouse, child or caretaker having traits of said disorder or that you have another primary disorder and ptsd is either because of the primary or that it's just merely