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Prolonged Hospital Stay To Establish Ptsd Nexus?

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Hello Everone!

I am new here and appreciate all the good advise I see here. My Q is this: If I go into a long PTSD program - will it help establsh the nexus thing the VA always wants. I have severe PTSD but havn't to date been able to show service connection despite my Personnel moves, etc.. I desperately want the gov't to believe it. It has been horible and I can't break the grip it has on me.

Will the PTSD treatment increase my odds of the gov't believe I was assaulted?

Also, I'm 10% SC for migraines - will I get 100% for that while in hospital?

I am just a hop & a skip away from being homeless so I am feeling somewhere between hopeless and desperate because I have trouble getting and keeping work. Not many VA's have DOMs that accept females.

Thabnk you from the bottom of my little Irish heart for any and all of your assistance. Your forum helps me feel a little less alone...

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Welcome aboard here veteran-

Some DOMs don't accept females?

I am quite sure the Bath VA does, and certainly their nursing home does-but there are certainly criteria for that- Nursing homes require at least 70 % SC now -I believe.

The 21 day Inhouse PTSD program will not help you to establish an inservice nexus-

Do you have any police reports, buddy statements as witnesses to what happened or to your demeanor immediately after the assault?

Did you seek medical treatment and report this to your CO?

Do your personnel records contain anything at all to support your claim?

And do you have all of your SMRs to show treatment for this assault?

It might be the time to try to get in touch with your unit- may have sites on the web as well as other mil boards -like Military.com for their "Looking For " section to try to find someone who can corroborate your

assault.

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Welcome to Hadit. You need three things to establish your claim for PTSD. You have to have a current diagnosis of PTSD ,that is linked to your service and you need to show a stressor that can be proved that happened when you served.

Spending some time in a VA hospital can help your claim.

Good Luck

Veterans deserve real choice for their health care.

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Welcome to Hadit. You need three things to establish your claim for PTSD. You have to have a current diagnosis of PTSD ,that is linked to your service and you need to show a stressor that can be proved that happened when you served.

Spending some time in a VA hospital can help your claim.

Good Luck

Thank you for your reply. I have been hospitalized twice and personnel records show I tried to get out of service but didn't report it. I think for those of us abused as children - you are too fearful to complain. I grew up in a household where my parents always said if a women was raped it was because of hoe she was dressed. That really hurt me when I didn't report it.

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Welcome aboard here veteran-

Some DOMs don't accept females?

I am quite sure the Bath VA does, and certainly their nursing home does-but there are certainly criteria for that- Nursing homes require at least 70 % SC now -I believe.

The 21 day Inhouse PTSD program will not help you to establish an inservice nexus-

Do you have any police reports, buddy statements as witnesses to what happened or to your demeanor immediately after the assault?

Did you seek medical treatment and report this to your CO?

Do your personnel records contain anything at all to support your claim?

And do you have all of your SMRs to show treatment for this assault?

It might be the time to try to get in touch with your unit- may have sites on the web as well as other mil boards -like Military.com for their "Looking For " section to try to find someone who can corroborate your

assault.

Berta-

Thank you for the quote. It's a good point.

Rose

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