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do i turn in one stressor letter to cover my claims or do i need a seperate letter to cover each individual intance?

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I wrote all my stressors in one letter, but in the end they basically picked one instance (my attempted murder and robbery, by 7 fellow soldiers) the 4 general court martials sentencing them to leavenworth was powerful and irrefutable evidence they ignored all the other stressors so make sure you have one very good verfiable one listed, purple heart, date where it happened etc, the letter is hard to write walk away and go back to it if you need to it took me over a week to write mine

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Pete pointed out something to me that always seemed odd-

My husband was granted 30% PTSD in 1983.

I think someone at the VA -the same day he was diagnosed somehow confirmed one of his stressors right away.He was interviewed by a shrink who also served in Danang same time he did.One event was so horrendous that everyone on the base knew about it and it was in the news back here in the USA.

But in 1993 he had to file out a PTSD Questionnaire-I still have it here- and list all stressors and give lots of details-

it was horrible for him to do that-

and I dont know what stressor they even verified.He could give the hour and the day on some and names- others

were in the unit history or verifiable by other means.

Can anyone answer this question- does the VA still use the PTSD questionnaire and is this only for combatants?

It asked some very upsetting questions but the way this questionnaire is written-there is ample opportunity to detail many events as to where and when etc.

For non combatants-

it is always best to give as many details as you can and focus on stressors that can be verified by a search of your unit's history -etc or be supported by buddy statements.

Also it pays to understand the VA's description of what stressors are- that info has been posted and is available in the search feature here.

As Test Vet says- he had irrefutable proof ,in one stressor event-that supported his claim.

The JS CURR didnt have to look for any more proof of anything else.

List your strongest stressor first (the one easiest for them to verify)

Give every detail you can as to time and place.

Unit historys and morning or after action reports etc can often show if your MOS was consistent with the stressor.

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Osceola's response to his people, the Seminoles, was

simply "They(the US Army)have guns, but so do we."

Sameo to us -They (VA) have 38 CFR ,38 USC, and M21-1- but so do we.

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