MichaelSipes76

I will make this as succinct as possible due to a recent MVA and some brain injury. I am an honorably discharged army veteran. I was discharged in December 1997. I immediately filed a claim because they misdiagnosed me with a borderline personality disorder, by psychiatrist Dr. Gray at Walter Reed. Which is all over the internet and was common practice to deny benefits. I was seeing a Dr. Mulligan for a few months prior to that and he diagnosed me with atypical depression and anxiety. When he heard she diagnosed me with this other disorder that would deny me benefits he shook his head. He didn't tell me why but I was able to copy all of my military records before leaving the service. I have an email from Dr. Mulligan to Dr. Gray saying he disagreed with her diagnosis and that I was being treated and showing improvement. He stated that my mental condition was a result of extreme stressors brought upon me by my superiors that I worked under. I tried the claim progress myself and was denied twice and was told that unless I had additional information I had a time period to do so or it was final. Well, that's not true as I have been told by numerous veterans. I never went before the board or to Washington to go to the last step. I have been seen by at least 8 different psychiatrists at the VAMC for the past 20 years as well as a psychotherapist, they all have diagnosed and have said you had and have PTSD, not a personality disorder. I was deemed permanently disabled in 2007 through the state of WV for my Anxiety disorder, OCD and depression and have since then received SSD. I can barely walk, and suffered an MVA last month causing some brain damage to my physical body, not my cognitive abilities. However, with my 149 IQ and now 22 years of continuing medical education and being 41 I am just unable to do this on my own. I need help and I am extremely confident with the proper help from an attorney who has gone through this before, I would receive a substantial back pay of 20 years of compensation from the original date of my claim in 1998. Will someone please, please help me, I am at a roadblock and have been for many years but since I never took it to the fullest level in front of a board I know I still am able to reopen the claim Thank you Michael Sipes, JR, MT