JakeMedicRN

Don't know if I am going to get another reply to this 5 year old thread. I was recently told by my VSO that I shouldn't claim Combat Related PTSD. I'm rated 50% MDD and a few other medical things adding up to 60%. I was denied a claim for PTSD in 2007. Reevaluated by VA in 2010, when I was actually told by the mental health evaluator, "Don't you even realize you have PTSD?" I don't know if there are any medics out there that had been like me, just kind of powering through the stuff we'd seen and "poopooing" it off as just depression and guilt. So I did some research and found that that's the norm while on active duty and after; most in the medical field manifest depressive type symptoms (therefore) may not even think they have PTSD, like myself, because the depression was severe. In my case, I am kind of bitter about how VA didn't even rate my PTSD at 0% or anything, instead on my eBenefits page PTSD isn't even on there it's NSC! Non-Service-Connected?! WTF!? I told my VSO rep, real nice lady and all, but I told her for all this time, I never addressed my PTSD symptoms and could've helped myself earlier deal with stuff had I known, but what takes the cake is not even getting PTSD acknowledged by the VA as service connected-COMBAT RELATED. Should I refile for PTSD? Please advise, thank you.