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I have a evaluation/exam coming up on the 23rd for Chronic PTSD. I am a Vietnam vet also. I too don't trust the gov and the quack that gave me only a basic physical after retirement only to learn that this physical was used against me when I applied for VA compensation. I have also been diagnosed for Obstruction Sleep Apnea of having to wear that mask at night time in order to get a good night's sleep, Sleep Apnea could be linked to PTSD of having bad dreams of the past, i.e vietnam and other war or conflicts. It took me over 10 years to get this far. No turning back now. Fight-Fight-Fight!
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DX = Diagnosis
Thank you.
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OK not to say it can't be done without a DX of PTSD but it sure goes a lot easier if you have a DX for it.
If you have the dx for PTSD go a head and file and the VA will ask for your stressor so they can verify it. After they have verified your stressor you will be called in for a C&P and if the V&P agrees then you will be rated.
I was actually dxed for over a year and went to treatment before I filed. I had a nawwing feeling with have the DX of a mental disease at first.
Good Luck to you!
OK I am going to play stupid. What does DX mean?
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Many have from what I understand. Non combat PTSD can and is granted as long as you have the DX for PTSD and have a stressor that is verified. Good Luck!
I probaly can provide a stressor during my tenture in Vietnam with an Artillery company on a firebase that was attacked.
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Has anyone filed a claim for PTSD without being in a combat zone and recieved disability?
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Thank you Carlie. I thought that but did not know for sure. Thanks again for your response.
Chu, I have a question on PTSD. I was in vietnam from 1969-70. I have noticed a difference in me after my return. Up to this day I go off on people, then regret it later. When I was in vietnam I drank alcohol heavy when I could. I finally kick the habit in 1982. I was entered into the alcohol rehab program at a military installation and that is in my records. Could this be a stressor for PTSD?
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Are you looking for an Army unit, or a Marine Corps unit?
The 2d Bn, 11th Marines was in the Phu Bai area (Participated in the war in Vietnam May 1966-March 1971, operating from Chu Lai, Tam Ky, Hue/Phu Bai, Thon Back Thack, Cao Doi, An Hoa), and they were an artillery unit. Their website is http://www.i-mef.usm...2bn/default.asp.
The Army's 2d Bn, 11th Field Artillery is now part of the 2d BCT, 25th Infantry Division, stationed in Hawaii. According to what I could find, the 2nd Battalion arrived in Vietnam on 13 December 1966 and was initially assigned to II Field Forces and based at Dau Tieng. The battalion also served with Task Force Oregon and with the 23rd Artillery Group. In 1968 it was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division. The 2nd Battalion participated in thirteen Vietnam campaigns receiving a Valorous Unit Award for Quang Ngai Province and two awards of the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry. Battery C received a Presidential Unit Citation and a Valorous Unit Award. The 2nd Battalion departed Vietnam on 1 January 1972
I'm sure you can contact someone at either of these sites to put you in touch with veteran's groups from either unit. Hope this helps.
Thanks for your response. I am referring to the 2/11th FA that was attached to the 101st Abn Div. I was in this outfit from 1969-70. I was with C Btry.
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a corrected 214
Thanks Larry, I saw the 149 she attached. Quess it got me confused.
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Yes Berta, there lots of mistakes made during the Vietnam war. I was a victum to attest to that. I was awarded the Bronze Star during my tour. During the time Pres Nixon started to downsize in 1970 I left nam 30days early. We were told that our orders would follow G0#129, this order does not exist, therefore I lost my right for the medal.
What is a 215? Guess I never had one of those....
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If this is a PTSD claim is the PH, CAR, or CIB on your DD 214? Chu Lai that too is way to google for other Chu Lai vets.
If so they VA almost 99% of the time will concede the stressor without verification or buddy statements etc.if the stressor os combat related.
Have you ever applied for a DD 215?
I will attach the form (DD 149)
When my husband did this, he found he had 4 more awards and decorations than he knew he had. (USMC Danang 65-66)
I dont know if this would get you a CAR or anything on the 215 but it never hurts to see if the Mil made a mistake on your original DD 214.
During the Vietnam War I am sure they made plenty of DD 214 errors.
If you do use this form just put Not Applicable on the Injustice part.
Yes Berta, there lots of mistakes made during the Vietnam war. I was a victum to attest to that. I was awarded the Bronze Star during my tour. During the time Pres Nixon started to downsize in 1970 I left nam 30days early. We were told that our orders would follow G0#129, this order does not exist, therefore I lost my right for the medal.
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I was HHB 108th Arty 69-70. I would suggest doing a Google search to see if there are any sites specific to 2/11th FA. Were you looking for buddies or looking for some one to substantiate a claim? Terry
Both.
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Have you searched for your unit's web site?
do you mean 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery (Task Force 2-11 FA)?
It was the 2/11th FA for sure. I did come across a website for the unit but it was under construction, unfinished.
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Served my country in Vietnam and thus far the fight is still on with VA. I receive 0% disability and this guy is in jail for falsifying documentation. Remember this guys are serving time. They have 24hrs a day to work on appeals.
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JAILED VETERAN GETS NEW VA BENEFITS, WANTS SENTENCE REDUCED Randall Moneymaker was convicted of Stolen Valor and VA benefits theft. Now he has been awarded new VA benefits and he wants out of prison.
NOTE from Larry Scott, VA Watchdog dot Org ... The saga of Randall Moneymaker continues. Here are the background stories:
VETERAN CHARGED WITH FRAUD FOR CONCOCTING MILITARY CAREER TO GET VA BENEFITS -- Not only did he lie about his military service, federal prosecutors say, but he also claimed to have received medals and decorations that were never awarded to him.JURY SAYS "ARMY RANGER" MADE UP HIS SERVICE -- Randall Moneymaker was found guilty of fraud, claiming years of combat service and many decorations.MAN WHO LIED ABOUT MILITARY SERVICE SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON -- Randall Moneymaker goes to prison for embellishing a brief military career into that of a decorated combat veteran.Now, Moneymaker gets our Whiskey Tango Foxtrot award. He has new VA benefits and wants out of prison. WTF, over?
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Jailed veteran claims new benefits
Randall Moneymaker lied about military service, but now says the VA has decided in his favor.
By Mike Gangloff
http://www.roanoke.c...anoke/wb/250441
Randall Moneymaker, who talked his way into a job as an Army recruiter in Roanoke and Christiansburg, then landed in federal prison when his false stories of wartime trauma caught up with him, said he has again qualified for veterans disability benefits.
In documents filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Roanoke, Moneymaker cited a new Department of Veterans Affairs decision that he should have a 40 percent disability rating due to service-related injuries. The 46-year-old wrote that the disability determination could bring him hundreds of thousands of dollars during the next several decades.
Besides the monetary payments, Moneymaker hopes the Department of Veterans Affairs decision will bring him freedom.
Because he was "indeed entitled" to some of the benefits he had been convicted of stealing, his three-year prison sentence should be reduced, Moneymaker argued in a motion he filed without an attorney.
"I'm absolutely stupefied," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig "Jake" Jacobsen, who prosecuted Moneymaker in 2008.
After a three-day jury trial ended with convictions on six charges tied to false benefits claims and theft, Jacobsen -- an Iraq combat veteran with the Army Reserves -- called Moneymaker's bogus claims "despicable" and an insult to veterans, especially those who'd been injured.
Jacobsen said he would soon file a response to Moneymaker's motion. It will be up to a judge to decide whether to change Moneymaker's sentence.
The exposing of Moneymaker's many falsehoods -- among them his portrayal of liposuction scars as shrapnel wounds -- brought him a certain notoriety in military circles. After his conviction, the Army Times newspaper ran a front-page story that said an "impressive list of achievements spanning a 20-plus-year Army career was not worth the paper on which it was printed."
Moneymaker's deceit lasted decades and took many forms, Jacobsen said during his trial.
The prosecutor said Moneymaker's actual military experience was in the Army Reserves in 1981 and 1982, then in the Army from 1983 to 1985. Misconduct prompted an "under honorable conditions (general)" discharge, less than a standard honorable discharge, Jacobsen said.
But later, in applications for benefits, Moneymaker spun tales of taking part in military campaigns from Grenada to Iraq, of being an airborne Ranger, and earning a Purple Heart, all later found to be false. In 2004, saying he'd been on active duty since the early '80s, he was able to join the Active Guard Reserve and garner a recruiting job.
Moneymaker also claimed to have suffered an array of service-related injuries that included post-traumatic stress disorder, ringing in the ears and chronic fatigue syndrome.
He eventually collected more than $18,000 that Jacobsen said he did not deserve.
Moneymaker's prison sentence was based partly on the amount of money he would have wrongly received if he lived to age 77, a total the court set at $610, 319.
But from prison, Moneymaker reapplied for disability benefits for spine and knee injuries he said he sustained during his real 1980s stint in the Army. The VA, which had denied similar claims from Moneymaker in 1997, approved them in 2005, then apparently dropped them after his conviction.
The VA approved Moneymaker's new application March 8. The agency noted Moneymaker's old claims were now disqualified because of fraud, but the new application warranted a disability rating. The VA document Moneymaker filed with his motion didn't explain the decision.
Ramona Joyce, a Veterans Affairs spokeswoman in Washington, said Tuesday she would look into the specifics of Moneymaker's case. She had no immediate comment beyond noting that incarcerated veterans may qualify for reduced disability payments while they're behind bars.
Moneymaker said the VA's latest determination means he deserves to be paid more than $400,000 in benefits by the time he reaches 77. It also means his prison sentence should be cut, because his fraud didn't amount to the total the government calculated.
Moneymaker is serving his sentence at a facility in Petersburg with a scheduled release date of May 24, according to the federal Bureau of Prisons online inmate locator.
Gee, this guy is collecting VA benefits in jail. I served in vietnam and can get a lousy 10%!
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Looking for any vietnam veterans that was assigned to the 2/11th FA during the period Dec 69-70. Contact me please.
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You need to formally re-open the claim for higher rating It can be a letter or you can use a 21-4138 form available at the VA web site.
Look up these disabilities in the Schedule of Ratings here at hadit and tell the VA why you fall into higher rating %s by medical evidence which has occurred since their last decision.
They will send you a VCAA letter (unless they actually look at your current medical evidence they have and if they have enough to award already-which doesnt happen often) and this will tell you exactly what evidence they still need. The Re open will trigger a C & P exam to determine if the ratings should be higher.
I cant answer the pyramiding question- it is a good one.
M<ake sure you tell them of any increase in meds for these conditions you have needed since their last rating and anything else that would put you into a higher % rating.
Hope others chime in here- you are looking at secondarys I think due to the SC.
I am new on this site but I have some questions. I am a Vietnam veteran. I was denied my claim and gave up on VA because of the long process of the initial claim, however, looking back and being told to fight, I am going to try and get another claim started. I served in the Army and was a parachutist. Last year my doctor took an x-ray of my back and determined that I had degenerative changes to my lower lumbar spine, most severe at L4-5 and L5-S1. I was the type of soldier that seldomly went on sick call but I felt pain at my lower extremety during my annual PT test when doing situps. I had asked my doctor if she felt that this problem could have originated during my 22 years of service. She said it could have. I remember one time that I had a back spasim prior to a jump. Please provide me with your input.
Thanks,
Harvey
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My back was 20% since 2000 which has been on appeal. Part of my CAVC remand was the deluca factor. The problem I see is that the rater gets to decide if your in a flare-up that day or not. I finally got 40% and TDIU after my L3-S1 fusion when I was only able to bend to 20 degrees. I've had two exams since then both bending only 20. For the deluca factor they both stated that I winced etc. However, they both said they did not believe during flare-ups I would be worse. Now I tell you what when I'm worse I'm not getting out of bed or off the floor.
Anyway it will be interesting to see what they finally rate me. Since I'm only 10% neurological combined in one for both legs I know I will (well should) see both legs rated. Since I have been getting nerve blocks, opiates, and have documented atrophy / wasting / unsymettrical lower extremity muscle groups I should get a decent rating for the neurological. Don't know what they will do with the ortho part.
I have a question about the orginal poster. They said they were 10% for DDD and herniated discs each? How is that possible? I'm service connected for a back injury which includes DDD L3-S1 post L3-L4 / L4-L5 hemi-laminectomy and hemi-discectomy and a L3-S1 fusion and have spondylosis, arthitis, and spinal stenosis. I thought this was all rated under the ortho rating???????????
Also if they consider your pain under the back you can't get chronic pain syndrome seperately can you?
I know about the mental I am 2nd to back for 50%.
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A new member on the block with "Hadit" but an old soldier and a Vietnam veteran whom is disappointed with VA.
Question About Sleep Apnea
in Eligibility - Veterans Compensation Benefit Claims
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I am Retired military. I had recently been diagnosed with Obstructive Sleep Apnea requiring that I use the CPAP for the rest of my life. My first question for the doctor that diagnosed of having sleep apnea was how long has this been going on . The stated response was that I have had this chronic disorder for a long time. Although I do not have this in my military health records, I had snored alot while in the military which is attested by a statement from my former commander which wittness my snoring disorder. I have found a claim with VA for compensation of which in realtity I had this disorder while on active duty. Do I have a chance of winning this claim? During my sleep study it has been recorded that I quit breathing 33 times during the eight hour study. Sleep apnea does not occur overnight, it can be linked to PTSD also. I have a scheduled C&P scheduled appointment coming up to determine if I will be compensated for this disorder. Your comments are welcomed.