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I filed for increase for asthma 0%, and ankle 10% and toe %injury in jan2011 and new claim for mental illness. when I filed i filled out all the release of information paper work for the VA to get my treatment records. I sent them to the VA 4 times. I found out that the VA didn't send any request to the MTF till December 2011. I called my congressman. Yesterday I checked e-benefits and it has my claim as open but that they want me to get service treatment records. They also have the claim as closed. I sent all the medical documentation that I had. I didn't have any of my behavioral health records due to the army's refusal to let me have them. I did give them a copy of my profile which would prove service connection and all the notes from my civilian psychiatrist. I amalso working on getting a line of duty form.

I called my congressman due to the lack of effort on the VA's part in getting my treatment records. He responded that he would look into it. Today I checked my e-benefits and it said my case was completed. However, there was a message that they want me to send my treatment records. Does anyone have any idea what this means. Did they turn me down?

My situation is a little unique. I am actiually a psychiatric nurse. I was working at Walter Reed on the inpatient psych floor. I started to get depressed and suicidal. I talked to one of the doctors there and he had prescribed some medication. After about a week or two the suicidal ideation was getting worse. My co-workers noticed the changes. I was then sent over to Bethesda naval hospital as an inpatient for about a week. After that I returned to work, on a no patient care profile. The depression was still present and I was seeing a psychiatrist once a week. After about a month and a half he decided that I needed an Intensive outpatient program. I was in that for 8 hours a day, 5 days per week. For a little over a month. I still needed the program but my active duty orders expired. My LTC. Doctor tried everything to get the hospital to give me a medical extension of my orders. The Birgade surgeon an O6 told everyone I was not to leave Walter Reed. No one would listen. They made me drive to Ft. Benning to demob then back to my H.O.R in NJ. At Walter Reed prior to leaving the med board was started i have a S3 profile; no deployment, no weapon, regular work schedule, no overnight duty. However they stopped it due to me leaving. I do not have a LOD form. I am going to drive to DC next week to get copies of all my records. I have a job with the state of NJ and have good benifits so I am not worried about the health care. From the last time I went to the VA i'm not impressed anyway. I have an appointment with a psychiatrist on 2/1/11.

I was just recently on active duty where I was given a diagnosis of bi-polar type 1. I was previously receiving 20% for an ankle and toe injury. I have a total of 8 years. I was active duty from 1993-1998. I was chaptered out for pattern of misconduct. Things like not shaving, excessive dept. things of that nature. I was commissioned in 2008. I have been mobilized from 2009 til the end of 2010. When I was diagnosed the active component REFRAD me and sent me back to my unit. My reserve unit is now de-activating. Now the army is sending me to the IRR. My psychiatrist recommended a MED board. I am about to just resign my commission because the stress and anxiety of having to deal with the system is too much to deal with. My concern is that I have a brother that is Bi-polar and the VA may say that it is not service connected. I have excellent OER's and My enlisted record is also pretty decent. I received an AAM 1 week before my Chapter 14 in 1998. If there was not any documentation or need for treatment prior to being diagnosed on active duty will this qualify for SC disability.