ptsd Ptsd Late Claim

[sgmdae]

I have denied help for 40 years. I did not realize or accept I had a problem until it was identified by another RVN Veteran

When I related problems over the fourty years, he said to seek help. It wasn't until I took the time to see what PTSD does, that I realize that I have a problem that deeper then I ever thought, Is there advice or terms to describe PTSD, that buried its ugly head for fourty years. I need Help, and good guidance from the experience Vets

[Berta]

I am not a vet but a former volunteer in a PTSD Combat group under auspices of a vet center-

There is much advise here on PTSD- and it can take years before a veteran realizes they might have PTSD.

Your friend -the other vet- was right- are you enrolled in the VA system yet?

Do you have any treatment records-private or otherwise for PTSD with a diagnosis yet?

Have you applied for compensation yet?

PTSD compensation needs a current diagfnosis of PTSD and a nexus to your service.

If the CAR, CAB, or a PH is on your DD 214-the VA will most likely concede proof of stressor. Otherwise they will need at some point after you apply for compensation- details that the JSRRC can use to confirm the stressor.

My husband, Vietnam Vet had numerous stressors he listed on the PTSD 'calender' they used to send with the PTSD questionnaire.He had some stressors that were very easy to confirm.

I think vets should tell VA of the easiest stressors to confirm first -they could be less troubling than some other stressors but easier for JSRRC to find in the unit histories.

But you do need help with this and the VA does offer help with PTSD.

Is there a vet center near you?

Have you ever been treated for any mental health issues before?

I just read over your post again-

who denied you help for over 40 years?

Did you mean you had a past PTSD claim denied?

Or that VA denied you help?

[Testvet]

first step is to get in either the VA mental health system or a local Vet center they are funded by the VA and their therapists are just as good as the VA's some vets refuse to go to a VA hospital but they will go to the vet centers go figure

Many of us denied PTSD for years our problems were caused by our jobs, our ex wives our kids everything but us, the nights we drank ourselves to sleep but still woke up soaked in sweat the sheets tore up on the bed and the wife screaming you crazy MF.....we blamed it on everything but what happened to us in the service

many people not just vets have non combat related PTSD and the VA even treats and will compensate if the stressor happened while in the service and you have MP reports, hospital records, court martial records of the people who did it etc combat on the other hand is easier to prove stressors if you have the purple heart bronze star for valor etc CIB the VA can't "cure" PTSD but they can teach you better coping methods than you have used for the past 40 years

my stressor was 7 fellow soldiers beat me unconcious and robbed me and left me in a snowbank at 20 below zero on Feb 5, 1975 4 went to Leavenworth Barracks for 15 years for attempted murder and robbery I have other stressors over my 15 years of service guinea pig in chemical weapons and drug experiments http://edgewoodtestvets.org/

a plane crash at Fort Irwin I was also on the scene when the 82nd made a Battalion jump at NTC 4 killed and 172 in the hospital in the desert the winds are calm on the ground 400 feet up they are blowing 70 mph makes for a mess, many border incidents on the DMZ of Korea 75/76 but you only need one that is verifiable to make a comp claim

if you are not in the VA system you need to take your DD214 and go to the VAMC near you and register if you need immediate help due to suicidal or homicidal thoughts call this nnumber 1-800-905-4675

many of us waited 30-40 years to ask for help you are not alone even Max Cleland the former Senator and former VA Secretary even sought help for PTSD for the first time about 3 years ago and went public about it it can happen to any of us at any time it's not anything wrong with you we are normal people put into abnormal situations and our lives are the results it's a medical problem not a weakness

[Philip Rogers]

I suggest you go to this link and read Jim Goodwin's article. This on-line version has some minor changes from the original, that was published in 1987. I had been denying there was anything wrong w/me until I read this, in 1989. http://www.trauma-pages.com/a/goodwin.php

pr

I have denied help for 40 years. I did not realize or accept I had a problem until it was identified by another RVN Veteran

When I related problems over the fourty years, he said to seek help. It wasn't until I took the time to see what PTSD does, that I realize that I have a problem that deeper then I ever thought, Is there advice or terms to describe PTSD, that buried its ugly head for fourty years. I need Help, and good guidance from the experience Vets

[Pete53]

I have denied help for 40 years. I did not realize or accept I had a problem until it was identified by another RVN Veteran

When I related problems over the fourty years, he said to seek help. It wasn't until I took the time to see what PTSD does, that I realize that I have a problem that deeper then I ever thought, Is there advice or terms to describe PTSD, that buried its ugly head for fourty years. I need Help, and good guidance from the experience Vets

Welcome to Hadit and thank you for your service.

[sharon]

I suggest you go to this link and read Jim Goodwin's article. This on-line version has some minor changes from the original, that was published in 1987. I had been denying there was anything wrong w/me until I read this, in 1989. http://www.trauma-pages.com/a/goodwin.php

pr

Good info. Added to my favorites for future use.