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Rick A

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    OIF BIAP CANCER PTSD

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  1. Wow, I don't know offhand who it is on the cover. I'm not selling the book. I'm a Veteran who met Dr Decker when he worked at the Vet Center. He was the first person to suggest I file a claim for PTSD after I returned from Iraq. At the time I didn't even know what that meant. I wasn't sure what PTSD was. And I had NO knowledge of what a claim even was, what it meant, or any of it. I didn't know I could get help from the government. At first I was VERY resistant to filing. ...In the 10 years since the deployment my health deteriorated rapidly. I've survived (so far) a very aggressive and rare form of cancer which my Oncologist and the VA agree is service connected. I went thru some xxxxxxx gnarly shit. Thanks to my medical Docs AND to Dr Decker, I'm still here. I think very highly of the man. Sorry if the word "spirtitual", or a picture of some old statue raise your ire. Out here.
  2. "The Alchemy of Combat: Transforming Trauma in Combat Veterans" is a book for therapists who are treating combat PTSD. There is an appendix in the back of the book, "Helping Veterans Establish PTSD Service-Connected Disability Claims with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs", which may be of particular interest to Veterans who are in the claims process for PTSD. Much of the treatment advice for therapists is of spiritual nature. The claims advice is backed by the authors 34 years experience treating combat Veterans. I have had the good fortune to know the author and recommend this book.
  3. When I applied to SSDI I reported the income I was getting from my LTD insurance. It wasn't a hinderance to getting SSDI approved. However, some LTD Insurance Companies consider SSDI an "offset" to their coverage. What this meant to me, is once I was approved and recieved a retro check from SSDI, I had to pay the entire amount back to the LTD carrier.
  4. According to GovTrack.us H.R. 1960 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 which included- "Section 644 - Directs the Secretary to provide transportation on scheduled and unscheduled military flights within the United States and on scheduled overseas flights operated by the Air Mobility Command on a space-available basis for veterans with a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total." Passed the House on June 14th 2014, but was changed to H.R. 3304 (same title) Enacted — Signed by the President — Dec 26, 2013 as "NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014, Public Law 113-66". Public Law 113-66 does not include Section 644. What gives?
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