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Thanks for all the help first of all, yes a have the DAV holding my POA. I did mention depression and anxiety secondary to PTSD in my claim. No, the inservice medical reports did not state that the depression/or suicidal ideation was due to the sexual assault. I was too ashamed and blamed it on a familly members death at the time. I do have copies of the medical records showing the trip to the emergency room for the depression /or suicidal ideation and it was submitted with the claim and the VA, I have recently had private therapy and was diagnosed by the VA for PTSD. I have been in once a week treatment through the VA for PTSD. I forwarded the private treatment records and the VA treatment records to the VA. I do not have a Nexus statement stating "more likely than not", the only thing close to a Nexus is the statement made by the examiner during my C and P exam. "After reading the C-Folder, the electronic medical records and the medical literature it is reasonable to conclude that the veterans allegations of manifesting PTSD as a result of sexual abuse are considered credible and the PTSD in question is fully linked to the service. The conclusions of these reports are based purely on the veterans allegations. This examiner does not have independent verifiable information as the veteran never reported the incident." I am ot sure if I am still able to get an Independent Medical Opinion or Examination done since the new PTSD regs changed, my claim was filed in May 2010. My VA therapist says she cannot write nexus reports. i will if you think this would help my claim. So that is what I have: 1-VA diagnosis of PTSD 2-What I feel is strong alternative evidence(what the VA thinks is another story) 3-A possible Nexus statement from a VA C and P examiner if my Stressor is conceded. And DAV helped me with absolutely none of this.

I'm not sure how this will help me. The MST was 20 years ago, and was not reported.

Yes, i do have a rep, DAV, that have not had any contact with me since I filed the claim in May 2010, with the exception of forwarding evidence I sent them to the VARO. Thanks for any assistance. I was just hoping that maybe the stressors(unreported MST) had been conceded and that is what provoked the C and P, just pulling at bits and pieces right now.

I was given a C and P exam for PTSD due to MST. My question is in most MST cases, are C and P's scheduled after stressors have been conceded? My examiner stated "After reading the C-folder, the electronic medical records, and the medical literature it is reasonable to conclude that the veterans allegations of manifesting PTSD as a result of sexual abuse (victim) are considered credible and the PTSD in question is fully linked to the service. The conclusions of these reports are based purely on the veterans allegations. This examiner does not have independent verifiable information as the veteran never reported the incident" If my stressors have been conceded, they do I have an argument that the examiner is saying that the PTSD is fully service connected?

Another thought, If the VA conceded my stressor, could this statement be classified as a "Nexus" ? "PTSD in question is fully linked to the service"

I did submit alternative evidence on form 21-0781a. Some of the things included medical reports four months ofter the incident showing suicidal ideations, and depression. My security clearance was suspended do to work performance. I have a statement from a roommate in the barracks who I told about the incident, she provided a statement and I have family statements noting changes they saw after the incident. But I was seen for depression several times during the Army.

Warning Possible ......TRIGGERS.... One other thing that I noticed when I reread the entire C and P Exam was this paragraph: "The veteran stated doing well until about 1985 when she was stationed in Germany, specifically at Stuttgart and another serviceman that she does not know the name of she can only describe him as a AA/NA male who, more than likely than not, was at the rank of E-5 -raped her " My question is the more than likely than not the fact that his rank was E-5, or the fact of the rape..? Which is more likely than not?

Hi everyone, First of all I want to thank you for all the information I get from this site. My question is about the needed nexus statement for a PTSD claim. I recently had a C and P exam and the closest thing to a Nexus was the last paragraph. RECOMMENDATIONS: "After reading the C-Folder , the electronic medical records and the medical literature it is reasonable to conclude that the veterans allegations of manifesting PTSD as a result of sexual abuse(victim) are considered credible and the PTSD in question is fully linked to the service. The conclusions of these reports are based purely on the veterans allegations. This examiner does not have independent verifiable information as the veteran never reported the incident." I have read through the forum that a nexus must read 'as likely as not" or "more than likely". Does this mean that I will still need to get a Nexus statement from another source?