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ptsd Getting Data For A Ptsd Claim - Requesting Comments
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autumn
my question is at the bottom after the background info. sorry, i know its long. this uphill VA battle is like a broken record, hope you understand
[a little background]
active duty 1986:
-back injury
-surgery scheduled
-LP#1 shows CSF infection
-surgery canceled
-neuro issues start
-sent to shrink for neuro issues
-LP#2 shows evidence of MS + csf infection
-LP#3 shows evidence of MS & CSF infection going down
-still seeing shrink for neuro issues
-navy neuro writes LP tests/MS were false neg
-hon-med discharged: 20% HNP lower back, 10% major depression secondary to chronic pain
civilian 1987:
-in VA system
-divorce
-end up on the street, less than a year
-drinking increases
-try to quit medicines and drinking, 2 suicide attempts then
-many times asked the VA to redo the Navy LP tests to rule out MS
-still having those weird neuro exacerbations, though no diagnosis for it
-VA lists me as major depressed, depressed with psychotic-tendencies, bi-polar, and a few other weird labels
-i believed the VA diagnosis versus what my body was/is telling me
-i start to think i'm really nuts, and really start to withdraw, little trust in most people
-stopped drinking in 1990
-neuro relapses getting more frequent and lasting longer
-severe hearing loss with ringing in ears. VA gives me hearing aids
-VA still denies MS, won't adequately test for it, puts blame on everything but a neuro disease: i.e., drinking, smoking, mini-strokes maybe, migraines, and all those weird MH labels, etc
-move to different city, and VA reluctantly agrees to MRI for MS: if something shows, they'll do a LP
-MRIs return "dawsons fingers, demyelinating disease in brain", LP positive for MS
-start getting IMO's from board cert'd MS neuros and neurosurgeons. all return assessment with MS
-VA finally agrees to ABC drug, but only after IMO reports, though the VA discounted all IMO's
-attend VA anger management classes due to i can't really handle all this any more
-get scared and angry just going to the VA.
-MRIs a year later show new lesions on spine from IMO requested MRIs. VA discounted those
-filed appeals claim for MS, had C&P for MS, waiting on decision
-SSDI awarded for MS, etc. tried working but i just can't hang (pain & irritability)
-now the VA says there is no evidence of bi-polar or psycho whatever. symptoms likely due to demyelinating disease. i told them that for 23+ years!
-no doubt i'm depressed/anxietied in some way, at the least due to MS symptoms, etc
-no doubt i'm anxietied in some way, at the least due to mis-diagnosis/labeled over the years from VA med care
just looking for a little practical guidance regarding a ptsd claim or maybe a MH claim. the above is all documented in mil med records and va med records and IMO med records.
i looked at tbird's link, "Ptsd - Check This Before Posting Your Question It May Have Already Been Answered!" and i think i meet a stressor or two that is acceptable to VA?
i don't know, i put it out here to seek some answers. i sure can't get any from the VA that i can wrap my head around.
question:
i feel like i have some form of ptsd, though non-combat related. i want to file a claim for ptsd. with the above history, is that what i should file for?
tia,
autumnleaves
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