I filed for depression and have been under a doctors care since about 1989. I was under a doctors care on active duty from illnesses int he USAF for a couple years when I was almost always sick from about (78-82-active duty) 1980-1982 - sick most the time. But, I was not seen by a physciatrist for mental health while on active duty. I was seen for neurolgicial disease, including MRI's from headaches,pain, sweling, and also doctors for the extreme edema and other illnesses from toxic chemcials. Again, I was never sent to mental health even though I suffered in great pain and crying from pain.
Then, 8 year later the doctors at Kaiser had me seeing pshycs because of my complaints of illnesses and pain. The notes by the doctors cleary state I was in depressions. The VA insited I get mental health help fo rillnesses since the 1990's and I have been under their care since the 1990's. The VA has treated me for depression for15 years too.
When I applied for my claims, one of the claims was for depression. The denials I got kept saying there was no proof of depression in the the USAF. Even though I was under their care for illnesss and pain. I had lost 2 jobs because of illnessses and had bene hsopitalized several times. That was on active duty USAF. Yet the VA claims ther eis no record of depression. Yet , look at all the records of depressiona nd illness from active duty and kaiser, and then the VA, this all going back to 1982.
I am totally dumbfounded how they can deny that part of my claim with all that I have shown from the doctors in my medical records. Do they lie like this about everyone that has suffered in pain and has had all the doctors writing I suffer form depression. I never begged any doctor to write depression, they all put this in my records on their own when I went for treatment.
I have volunteered at the VA to join chronic paint patietn groups going to goup meeting for weekly meetings for month at a time. I would also go to the mental health doctors when my doctors requested I go. I have been going al these years as the doctors requested.
My SSDI is for depression. I got that in 1995.
Yet, It is still being denied.
Again, I was uanble to work since the early 1990's. I will never work again because of permanent total illnesses.
Anyone else have a similar experience go through all these denails and finally get approved for depression int he appeals stages?
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I filed for depression and have been under a doctors care since about 1989. I was under a doctors care on active duty from illnesses int he USAF for a couple years when I was almost always sick from about (78-82-active duty) 1980-1982 - sick most the time. But, I was not seen by a physciatrist for mental health while on active duty. I was seen for neurolgicial disease, including MRI's from headaches,pain, sweling, and also doctors for the extreme edema and other illnesses from toxic chemcials. Again, I was never sent to mental health even though I suffered in great pain and crying from pain.
Then, 8 year later the doctors at Kaiser had me seeing pshycs because of my complaints of illnesses and pain. The notes by the doctors cleary state I was in depressions. The VA insited I get mental health help fo rillnesses since the 1990's and I have been under their care since the 1990's. The VA has treated me for depression for15 years too.
When I applied for my claims, one of the claims was for depression. The denials I got kept saying there was no proof of depression in the the USAF. Even though I was under their care for illnesss and pain. I had lost 2 jobs because of illnessses and had bene hsopitalized several times. That was on active duty USAF. Yet the VA claims ther eis no record of depression. Yet , look at all the records of depressiona nd illness from active duty and kaiser, and then the VA, this all going back to 1982.
I am totally dumbfounded how they can deny that part of my claim with all that I have shown from the doctors in my medical records. Do they lie like this about everyone that has suffered in pain and has had all the doctors writing I suffer form depression. I never begged any doctor to write depression, they all put this in my records on their own when I went for treatment.
I have volunteered at the VA to join chronic paint patietn groups going to goup meeting for weekly meetings for month at a time. I would also go to the mental health doctors when my doctors requested I go. I have been going al these years as the doctors requested.
My SSDI is for depression. I got that in 1995.
Yet, It is still being denied.
Again, I was uanble to work since the early 1990's. I will never work again because of permanent total illnesses.
Anyone else have a similar experience go through all these denails and finally get approved for depression int he appeals stages?
Thanx..
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