Recruiting

[babyray]

Members, do anyone remember back in 1956, the recruiting billboards and posters saying "Join the US Navy, if you have a high school diploma, we will guarantee you a Navy school that you can attend." The recruiter in New Orleans, where I enlisted, confirmed this when I joined. I was a high school graduate but for 4 years, I applied for a navy school but was flatly refused. This made me very angry and made me become very,depressed. This year when I had a C&P exam for MDD, I told the doc and he noted that in his progress notes. I guess you can call this a stressor. I am 10% for MDD which I filed a RECON claim and is waiting a decision. Does anyone, whose old enough, remember this back in 1956. Please go back to 1956 and see if you can remember this recruiting slogan.

Babyray

[pigdriver]

Hey babyray----MOS means Military Occupational Specialty, used by the USMC and I think the Army, Navy and Air Force had their own different terms for the same thing. I went to numerous schools in the USMC but was still an 0311/0353 means "Grunt", Infantry, Anti Armor". Don't think you have a case for a claim but thats not my call. Good Luck and thank you for your service!!

[timetowinarace]

I don't think he meant a PTSD stressor. I think he meant it may be the source of MDD.

If so, it shouldn't matter what the source was if you are already SC and are working on the percentage.

[john999]

If you are already SC for MDD then it does not matter about any stressors. I thougth you were trying for a PTSD claim when you used the word "stressor".

[Commander Bob]

Thx Pete53, what is a MOS?

babyray

Navy Enlisted Classification ( NEC )

Edited September 16, 2009 by Commander Bob 92-93

[windy city]

You must be kidding right, this is a joke there are thousands of veterans that are dealing with worst things than that and you are claimming that as depression.I am sorry but since I joined hadit this is the most ridiculous thing I ever read on this site.

Members, do anyone remember back in 1956, the recruiting billboards and posters saying "Join the US Navy, if you have a high school diploma, we will guarantee you a Navy school that you can attend." The recruiter in New Orleans, where I enlisted, confirmed this when I joined. I was a high school graduate but for 4 years, I applied for a navy school but was flatly refused. This made me very angry and made me become very,depressed. This year when I had a C&P exam for MDD, I told the doc and he noted that in his progress notes. I guess you can call this a stressor. I am 10% for MDD which I filed a RECON claim and is waiting a decision. Does anyone, whose old enough, remember this back in 1956. Please go back to 1956 and see if you can remember this recruiting slogan.

Babyray

[Papa]

I just want to know how you make out on this. Like Windy states, I find this unbelieveable, and we wonder why the system is clogged <_< . But, again like the old saying goes, what one person thinks as not serious, is serious to another person (this isn't an old saying, I just made it up). If, you are successful, I have a list of broken promises that will choke an elephant.

Papa