Good Evening
I submitted a claim for PTSD ON 2008 and was denied. I don’t remember being seen by a mental health provider to validate my PTSD back then. I filed again in 2016 and I was approved. After speaking to one of my counselors she encouraged me to file a NOD. IT finally made sense to me to do it do, The Va did not believe my story back then. But anyway I’ have come a long way I believe. It really is an can be a strange emotional beast to deal with on top of trying to navigate through the world. I filed the NOD FOR back pay for effective date sept 8 2009 because that’s when they denied my claim the first time for PTSD. I also had 3 dependents at that time. 1 in high school and 2 twin boys in middle school. I was a good soldier just happened to run into some perverts with no self control. Yes I’m still pissed.