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Hi.. I need help on getting records from a closed army hospital... My brother was there a few years after he left service... I think it's keeping him from getting his claim approved... Thanks for any help

Thank you so much for all the help.. I will get right on the VSO and sending for the files. I know the answers are in there.. Yes he is in and out of the va hospitals in my state on a regular basis. I have all those records. I will be in touch... Have a wonderful 4th of July!!

I don't see a CIB or CAR..

He says he doesn't remember since all the medication. So he doesn't say much.. Maybe you can help me with something. His VSO kept saying that he said over and over again in his files many things that happened to him in service. He said he saw this in the files that he had privy to since he was his VSO. I don't know where to find these. His VSO was shocked that he was denied. He said he repeated these incidents over and over again. I don't know what information he was reading. Can you tell me what files would be my first step? And how to get them? Maybe there is info out there. All I have are his hospital records. Except for one hospital that has closed. And his military records. Thanks so much...

I have the medal.. That's the only way we know he got one..

No it doesn't.. There are some medals but not that one. We looked them all up..

He was awarded the Bronze Star.. It isn't in his records. I sent it in with him claim.. The VSO said not to go the PTSD route, because he would have to talk about the service. He doesn't do that. He has been heavily medicated since 1980. He had PTSD for years before his Schizophrenic diagnosis. My father mentions all this in his records from the hospital in 1980. Thank you all for your help... I feel so confused..

To answer Bert's question.. I have his military file. Is that the same as the SMR's? Because there is no medical records in there.

Thanks Everyone.. My brother left the service in 1970. His first claim was in 90. The hospital did it.. We didn't even know. The VSO said his first claim only had hospital and medical stuff from 1985. The new claim from 2019, which we had the VSO, said there was no new evidence since the old claim, so it was denied. I sent for records from the hospital and we received new records from 1980 stating a diagnosis of schizophrenia. And they state that he was in a local army hospital in 1972. I don't have those records. So there is new evidence. I will post the denial letter today...

He was treated at an army hospital in our state right after he came home from the Army... I just found out from some medical files.

We are applying for the third time and have no idea how to find a VSO. The last one was through the hospital. I don't know if we need an attorney or a VSO.. And how to find a very good one.. Thanks..

My brother served in Vietnam.. We were denied our claim twice. Our VSO we had last time, would read me medical files he had online that stated things that I haven't received in any of his records from the hospital. He was shocked that he got denied, since the things he had read in his records were so clear that he had PTSD. Our VSO is not in business anymore. They lost their funding. Now we have to start over. Is there anywhere I should look for these records? What was he seeing this on? Also, we found that he was in a hospital that closed down 10 years ago. What happens to the records? Any help would be greatly appreciated.. Thanks.

I have read that if there is no new evidence.. which it says on his denial .. That the claim is the same as the first and that means an error.. We are sending for all medical records. We don't think that his early records were ever looked at.

Hi.. Thank you.. I will post that today.. We have his military file and I had just sent for all his hospital records.