kent101

Thanks, I think my therapist is trying to help since I said my PTSD made it hard to function at work.

If they deny me voc rehab because of PTSD then does that help if I need to go on TDIU?

I told my VA therapist about my difficulties at work. The therapist is asking the Voc Rehab coordinator questions for me. My therapist wants to help me do assessment test for Voc Rehab during our next session. I'm a little uncomfortable with this because it seems to be taking away from therapy. I could do the test at home on my own time. Is this a breach of the therapist responsibilities?

I think it comes down to social and occupational functioning.

I was SC for PTSD MST. Your award letter didn't have idealation on it? Idealation only grants 50%. If you've been hospitalized for it I think you can get 100%. Maybe you should appeal for higher %? Sorry to hear you didn't get treated fairly. Militarydisabilitymadeeasy.Com may give you some insight why they did that.

I applied for MST PTSD and I didn't even get an award letter. My VSO emailed me a copy.

I discovered I have a gene that makes it 7x less likely anti-depressants will work for me. I tried antidepressants and they didn't work. I'm just going to give that information to my C&P examiner next time I have an exam.What will they do since meds aren't working for me? https://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Rs2032583 https://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Rs4675690 https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn10240-genes-reveal-likely-response-to-antidepressants/

When I got my claim approved for PTSD my award letter says under evidence "audio recording of therapy received from vet center". I wasn't aware the therapy I was being recorded. Is the VARO listening to these conversations and determining our benefits with them?

If a veteran wants to live in a foreign country how would they do C&P exams every 5 years if they're not P&T?

I can't get a COE for VA home loan because I served less than 2 years. For some reason Vietnam Vets only have to serve 90 days to get the COE but I have to serve 2 years. How's that fair? http://www.benefits.va.gov/HOMELOANS/purchaseco_eligibility.asp

What's better, tdiu or 100% schedular?

I've heard that normally after one month you will hear something from the VA? I signed up on ebenefits.

A lot of people don't understand PTSD is rated starting at 0% and that PTSD can be for non-combat.

I didn't request the c-file yet. Should I send my form 9 in though? I just got the statement of case. They say I filed my claim 5 years later than I thought I did. If that's true then I don't think I have a case. I'm pretty sure I'm right about when I filed my claim but not 100% since they have me feeling a little confused now.

I read on multiple other threads at various forums people saying they were denied IU because they were going to college through Vocational Rehab or they said at a C&P exam that they might consider Voc Rehab.

If you filed a NOD for an earlier effective date and the VA denies you do you think that could put you under the VA microscope more? I just wanted to see if I was entitled to an earlier effective date. Do you think I could get hassled more for asking and being denied? When I say hassled I was thinking they might try and start C&P exams earlier and look for reasons to reduce ratings.

They claimed that not giving stressors was one reason. Also, they claim my case was filed years later than I thought. I was sure It was in 2002 when I filed, I don't think it would be worth going to the BVA. I threw away the denial letter so I don't have evidence. It was written on yellow paper. When the VA stop using yellow paper? I know now it's all written on white paper.

I filed a NOD and they sent me back a statement of case saying that I filed my claim years later than I thought I did. I was sure I remembered filing the claim a lot earlier, but I threw away the letter. So now I can't prove my case.

Thanks for the advice. I was enrolled in VA Healthcare recently even though I've almost been out of the military 20 years. I went to a private psychiatrist and saw a LCSW at the vet center. That's all the VA needed to approve my claim in regards to therapy. I don't think I'll be going to a VAMC. I have a private doctor I use. Hell I think Google has been better than any doctor I've ever seen.

Thanks for sharing your story and for the advice. I believe you. Working with the VA feels like walking on egg shells. I don't want anything to do with the VA. Only reason I applied for my PTSD was because the VA denied my other claim for a rare disease that cost a lot of money to treat. I went a more holistic path in dealing with my PTSD. I spend 2-3 hrs a day doing stress relief exercises and have been for 7 years. I spent 10 years before then searching for help because the VA denied my claim and I wasn't eligible for VA Healthcare.

I read that Berta said they tried to drop her husband's PTSD rating from 30% to 10% since he took a few classes in college. I've read what happens is a psychologist approves a PTSD vet to go to voc rehab. The voc rehab adviser sends that psychologist report to the VARO and the VARO can reduce the vets rating.

I qualify for voc rehab right now because I was service connected a year ago, but if the VA approves my NOD for a 2001 EED then I don't qualify for voc rehab since it was over 12 years ago I would be considered SC. So I wonder if the VA is going to say "You were qualified for voc rehab but since we approved your EED you are now not qualified for voc rehab. Since you started the program you will have to drop out and repay any benefits used under voc rehab".

If I enroll in vocational rehab and the VA grants and earlier effective date on my claim will I have to repay vocational rehab benefits since the earlier effective date was 15 years ago? Vocational rehab only allows enrollment for veterans 12 years from separation or the effective date of a disability award.

I was just wondering if I was ever to try and get TDIU for PTSD if the VA is going to send me a letter saying they appointed a fiduciary and I can't choose to fight it? Are they still doing that to veterans?

I think this could be rated analgously as being similar to meniere's disease.