ptsd Help - This Vet Has No Cib - Cab Award

[carlie]

This vet has no CIB - CAB award.

Does this info from his 201 prove (as PTSD stressor) for combat vet?

13F10 - Asst Mach Gunner 14 Aug 1968

and

16F10 - Asst Mach Gunner 14 Feb 1969

along with

Designation:

VN Counteroffensive Phase V

VN Counteroffensive Phase VI

Tet/69 Counteroffensive

Unnamed Campaign

I have scanned these forms and will try to upload them here.

Thanks for any and all responses.

carlie

[Berta]

http://www.archives.gov/

Sorry for the double- dont have time to delete and re type it all

This vet knows if he was in combat or not.He needs to give the VA enough details of his stressors so that JSRRC can verify them.

Or he could contact JSRRC himself.

Time and date and place of stressor to best of his knowledge, detailed enough to help JSRRC find this in morning reports or after action reports, names of any deceased mil due to stressor, name of Operation if possible, names of Command at time of stressor, etc etc

Carlie- a personal thought-I have spent days, hours and weeks and months doing what you are doing.I dont do it anymore.

It might help a lot if this vet gets in touch with JSRRC himself, details his stressors, and sees if they can verify them. They will do a search for a reasonable fee.

Otherwise the VA will have them do it.

Or he could go there himself.

He only needs one proven stressor if he claims combat PTSD.

[Philip Rogers]

Carla, the bronze stars represent each campaign in VN. I think there were about 16-18 of them. When I was there we were told one star for each 6 months, we were there, but that was wrong. If you search VN campaigns it'll name them.

Typhoons are easy to verify. I helped someone, here, a Gary somebody, prove his typhoon. Additionally all other "documentable" stressors are easy to verify. A clamaint does not have to have been "in combat." The AF published a book of all raids on AFB's in VN, which verify stressors. Have him call the archvists, in College Park, and they can help. They don't work for the VA. Here's a link to College Park: http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/

I've been there - even met a Hadit member there. It's so great!!

Hugs, girl!!

pr

Berta,

I realize that the shrink and MSW stating he has PTSD due to in service stressor,

is only medical evidence of PTSD and not evidence of a stressor.

I am trying to find evidence in his files that shows proof of being a combat vet

so the stressor rules are relaxed for PTSD.

That's why I posted the question about the typhoon -

PTSD can be from the stressor of a natural disaster

and from the enemy base camp they engaged with

amoung other experience's.

I still don't know what the 4 bronze stars are for and am questioning that.

This vet say's he thinks each bronze star represents 6 months in Vietnam

but we aren't for sure that this is what they represent.

Are the National Archives located in Washington DC ?

Thanks,

carlie