ptsd Help

[Deltawife]

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(28, 40, 55); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><span style="font-size: 17px; ">Once again, this is something NO one has told my husband. He has applied for an increase in his PTSD and had 2 appts. with C &amp; P. He's currently rated for 50% PTSD and 10 % hearing. (This was awarded to him through a Veterans Rep Office in Tulare Ca. in 2002.)</span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; ">He has kept every appointment with the VA in Fresno and under the care of a primary care physician and psychologist since then.</span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; ">In May of 2010 we heard gunshots outside our home. Gary ran toward the gunfire. He saw our neighbor fall from being shot. He turned him on his side so he would not choke on his blood and held pressure on his wounds. When the police arrived, they told him it was not considered a crime scene and to leave the victim alone. Erik, the victim, died.</span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; ">As you can well imagine, the smell of blood and the whole incident has mentally disabled my husband. He is unable to work. We are filing for TDIU next week on Feb 3rd at his next appointment.</span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; ">Gary was NEVER evaluated for his wounds. He was a gunner in Vietnam and shot down 3 times. (Has 3 purple hearts, silver star and bronze star for valor.) He also has shrapnel in his arm and it does give him pain.</span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; ">Is this something he should apply for? Also, I know my next question should be in a different forum....BUT, does it sound like he should apply for CUE as well?</span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; ">If you have any questions please ask....We are Desperate for help for him.&nbsp;</span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; ">Also, please forgive me if I'm not asking correctly about all of this...I am just trying to help my husband and am new to all this VA information.</span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; ">Thank you!</span></span>

[stillhere]

He is unable to work. The only Doctors he sees is at the VA. When he gets the "chronic current condition" letter from his Dr. this week. Would that be enough to qualify him for SSDI? I am on SSDI. That is good to know that he can draw his SS retirement and apply for SSDI at the same time.

Isn't SSDI more than SS Retirement?

He has not been able to work since the shooting incident. He is very depressed. NOT suicidal, but he does have nightmares, chronic anxiety, and sleeps all the time, or so it seems.

Thank you so much for the information!

yes his SSDI is more. It is the amount that he would have got if he had worked until his extended retirement age which should be like 66 year+. The quicker he files for the SSDI the better because they will pay retro and adjust his payments accordingly.