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Thanks for the reply, the military doctors seem pretty certain he will be medically separated but for retirement or just plain discharge I don't know. He has served for ten years now and has no prior history of these mental illnesses before entering the military. It just seems like a pretty dark future considering he doesn't seem employable at the moment and we have 3 young children so not sure what will happen.
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Hello all, new to this forum and here to get some good advice on husbands current situation with the military and his eventual discharge. He is not doing very well regarding his mental state and the military knows it as well as myself.
Anyways. He went to his c&p exam a couple weeks ago and I just got those results in the mail and need help understanding them.
Basically here is the summary.
Time lost from work in last 12 months: 6 weeks (should be more).
Problems related to occupational functioning: decreased concentration, poor social interaction
Axis I: obsessive compulsive disorder, depressive disorder
Axis II: none
Axis III: cluster headaches
Axis IV: marital problems, separation from service
Axis V: global assessment of functioning.
Score: 40 time frame: over past year
Comments: pt is severely impaired. GAF is 40 for the OCD and 50 for the depressive disorder. The OCD is the primary and the depression is secondary and due to the OCD and it's affect on his life and career.
It also states he has sleep impairment and severe anxiety and panic attacks when driving which he avoids and suicidal thoughts without plan or intent at this time. And it also states he doesn't go into stores amongst other things.
So basically I'm trying to figure out what our future situation is as far as disability because I look at my husband and it doesn't look good from that standpoint.
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Hang in there from what I hear,it is a long wait
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Hello, I'm new on this site and I'm writing for my husband and I'm basically writing for my husband who is in the middle of the DES program (PEB). He finished the comp and pen exam for his medical conditions and I received a copy of his exam results in the mail. It's a little confusing so I figured maybe you guys would be able to understand it seeing that you are so helpful in all the other posts I have read. So here it goes.
Problems related to occupational functioning:
Decreased concentration, poor social interaction
Axis I: obsessive compulsive disorder, depressive disorder NOS
Axis II: none
Axis III: cluster headaches
Axis IV: marital problems, separation from service
Axis V: global assessment of functioning
Score 40 time frame: over past year
Comments:
Pt is severely impaired. Gaf is 40 for the OCD and 50 for the depressive disorder. The OCD is the primary problem, depression is secondary and due to the OCD and it's affect on his life and career.
It also says he panics when he drives and avoids driving, going shopping and doesn't have any friends. And the exam says he has suicidal ideations intermittently without plan or intent at this time.
My husband is a good man. He is just not in control of himself anymore. I'm not sure if he will be able to find a job when he is out of the military most likely in a few months and am worried about what sort of disability income he may get. Would like to know some opinions on what percentage he may possibly receive from the VA. He has other things they are rating him for but this seems to be the big one. Any opinions are welcome. Thanks all and thanks for this site which is good and helps relieve anxiety for me.
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