[Ptsd Re-evaluation]

I have been going to all my MH appts. I have asked my supervisor, instead of writing me up or sending me home from work again, can he please write the va and give a report or eval on my job performance. I really want to keep my job. It is the only thing I have left. I am sure that my employer is very tired of me and this problem. That is what I want the va to know. It is very difficult to go to work everyday, I am tired and feel drugged all the time.

[Ptsd Re-evaluation]

Hello to all. I have a question. I just got a letter in the mail from the VA saying I was going to be scheduled for a C&P exam for my SC disability (ptsd). This will be a exam to re evaluate my current level of disability. I am currently 70% ptsd, 10% tennitus, 10% hand. I received my initial rating for ptsd in sep 06. What is this about?

I filed a claim for GERD and was denied, the mailbox had both denial letter and ptsd re exam. Does this happen to anyone else?

Iam on a whole lot of meds...trazadone, lorazapan, quietpine, sertaline, prozasin...any help or suggestions will help my anxiety levels

[Iraqi Vet Question]

Hi all and first , thanks for reading my post and if you have any comments, double thanks. I returned from Iraq in 05, went to the va with stomach problems {burning all the time}. I was given a Upper GI, doc said I had a small ulcer, was scheduled for a endoscope, which finally happened today,{3yrs later}. The report said I have a "small linear ulcer in distal esophagus,hiatal hernia, reflux was apparent in the esophagus" I am rated vetran now. However, I heard if I opened a new claim, that I could be re evaluated on other issues that I already have a rating for. I am not sure if I want to go thru all of that again, but, with what the doc stated on the report today, should I open a claim, and what should I Claim? I am kinda new to all this, do each of his findings warrant a seperate claim, or is it inclusive? As I said, I reported it to the va as soon as i was discharged in 05, and was immediately put on meds and upper GI performed, so it is service connected, IMO.

[New Guy Needs Advice]

As i said, I am new so I dont want to offend or do anything wrong on this board. Thank you for your advice and your interest. I am trying to do the best I can. I am always very tired and groggy, in a fog seems like, and it is very difficult at work. I have no personal relationships, even with my mom and dad. I am not married and have no one to talk to. I feel I need to work as I dont have anything else. I used too, but not since I got back. Could you tell me, If I were to write what I feel like..day to day, and give that to my doc. Is that ok? I mean i have a hard time expressing how i feel inside, so when the question is asked how i am doing, it is easier just to say ok, or better. i feel like she will try and pry into an area I really dont want to go. I understand it is their job, but I really feel uncomfortable talking about my feelings. I feel that if I tell her, they will lock me up or something. I feel very depressed and down all the time. I have tried to manage my "routine" of drugs, I hate it. 1 sertraline in the morning along with omeprazole, than at noon, a quetrapine, then at dinner another omeprazole, then before bed 2 trazadone. Sometimes i feel very frustrated and pissed, so i take a lorazapam. So my days are very slow and foggy. Just tired of it. So like I said, do you think it is ok to write down my feelings of my days and give it to the doctor, or that not protocol?

[New Guy Needs Advice]

If you have the got time and resources; I would advise you to definately pursue any SC condition you have; regardless of what you are SC'd with already. I have a esopegal ulcer claim appeal pending also. I have bad acid reflux and I have had repeated (6) EDG's over the past 7 years with excess stomach acid stemming from PTSD and am on Prevacid daily. I am SC'd for PTSD also at 30%; with a GAF score of 32. My GAF was 45 at the time of my rating. I have a NOD for an increase on that too. Hoping to correct that injustice on this pending NOD. Good Luck and God Bless

Danang_1969

what is an EDG...is it a endoscopy? I was discharged on a medical 18 1/2 yrs. I have a CAB and ARCOM/v Device. On my initial visit I told the doc I have had problems while in Iraq with my stomach, he had me do the upper GI and noted that it was consistent with Esophealgitis with a small ulcer at the GE junction. Does that make any sense? He ordered a endoscopy and told me the people would contact me which they never did, so a year later he ordered anoth, so I guess maybe I will wait to see if they call... Meanwhile I have been takin omeprozole or something like that 2 times a day. i really have a problem with this GERD or what ever it is, waking me up at night big time. Sometimes choking..and it almost doesnt matter what I eat. Now, I am kinda worried that since my other doc says I am getting better with my ptsd, they will reduce my benefits. I didnt know they could do that. Thanks for your advice.

[New Guy Needs Advice]

hi all, new guy to the forum, OIF2 vet. I have a couple of questions to ask someone in the know. First, I am thinking about persuing a claim for Esophagitis. I had a Barium UGI done last year and my primary doc at the VA noted that I had this problem plus a tiny ulcer??? He ordered supossedley a endoscopy. He told me they would contact me. I never heard from them. I went in for another visit last week, and he again ordered a endoscopy along with a TBI(different deal), he also ordered another visit to audiology (I have already been rated 10 % for tinnitus) plus the usual blood work. If the doctor already noted on his notes that this problem exist, and i was treated for it within the 1 year rule of being discharged, can it be considered service connected. And if anyone has experience in this area, I would really appreciate some advice.

Second I have been SC for PTSD (70%), I have been seeing my Doc at mental health, and decided to get her notes while waiting to see my primary doc. She has noted the past 2 times that I am "getting better" and my GAF was noted at 63. Previously, I was seeing another Doc,(He moved away) and he was rating my GAF at 45-50. I was given a rating of 70% PTSD. I have been on quietpine, sertaline trazadone, and lorazapam. Now when I take all of these meds, obviously I feel drugged, not myself, which is good in itself, ( I feel alot of rage, guilt and anxiety). Granted I only see the doc for less than 15 minutes and it never really gets personal, so how can he come to a descision of the GAF at that moment?

Back to the TBI, my primary wants me to get evaluated for this, and wants me to (Re-live events), and I am not too sure i want to go there.