Cpl. B Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 I am new to posting on the forums here but was looking for some advice. I served from 2000 to 2004 in the Marine Corps (0311 Infantry) and then from 2006 to 2010 in the army national guard(92A automated supply). I was seen once in my marine service for depression, saw no direct combat, went down several times as a heat casualty, and beat my body up pretty bad. On 9/11/2001 we were woken up to watch the news feeds of the planes crashing into the twin towers. Not an hour later we were loaded up and standing post on another installation in Japan in the middle of a typhoon. About a year and a half later we were deployed to Bahrain on the security crews for the pre-positioning ships around the Gulf, set on high alert and spun up all the time. The long and short of it is, I almost feel ashamed to put in a claim for PTSD due to those two stressors, but I am experiencing most of the symptoms of PTSD to a point that I have been married, divorced, walked away from several very good jobs because I cant deal with being around people, I have horible nightmares of things that I feared would happen while we were deployed but never actually happened, etc... I have a diagnosis of PTSD and have been being treated by the VA for about a year for it now and am just now coming to filing a claim, again because I sort of felt ashamed to. I have 2 main questions..... to start out with. 1. Is there any chance of winning a claim like this for PTSD? 2. Since I rarely went to medical while in service will I be able to claim my joint issues? Thank you for reading and any help... Cpl. B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berta Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 I bumped up the regulations for new PTSD claims in our PTSD forum. Since this is your first claim, they will apply these regulations to your claim. GRADUATE ! Nov 2nd 2007 American Military University ! When thousands of Americans faced annihilation in the 1800s Chief Osceola's response to his people, the Seminoles, was simply "They(the US Army)have guns, but so do we." Sameo to us -They (VA) have 38 CFR ,38 USC, and M21-1- but so do we. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl. B Posted May 15, 2011 Author Share Posted May 15, 2011 Thank you all so much for your support and input. I will keep coming back for questions and giving updates. Oh, and my IMO from my primary civilian doctor said that my symptoms "More than likely as not" were due to my military service. Cpl. B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder Philip Rogers Posted May 16, 2011 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted May 16, 2011 Pete, that's true. In VN we did that. We didn't allow ourselves to become close and caring because it hurt when we lost someone. The best defense is not to become close w/the FNG's. The FNG term was devised to help us separate ourselves from them. We only used last names, which also helped de-personalize(sp) our relationships. Even today we do this, again, by not allowing ourselves to become close and caring. How many of us have friends? Not many, cuz we isolate. Again, it's to protect us. If we allow ourselves to become close, it hurts when something happens. jmo pr There are more ways to get PTSD than combat but the VA makes it hard on you if it was not caused by combat stress. In fact they make it pretty damn hard no matter how you get it. If you do some research on the net you would be surprised at how many different stressors PTSD has. Good Luck to you and welcome to Hadit PR I have seen you post that PTSD often affects caring people and for some reason that gives me great comfort although my experience tells me that many who suffer from PTSD put up a wall of defenses to keep people from getting close. One of the really nice things about getting older is I really no longer put up with a lot of people I don't care for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl. B Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 Just a quick question this time... I think... Is there a priority system to the processing? Or is it totally a "take one from the top of the pile" system? Cpl. B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator brokensoldier244th Posted May 16, 2011 Moderator Share Posted May 16, 2011 Some of us think they throw darts, others think that they must spin a wheel. Just a quick question this time... I think... Is there a priority system to the processing? Or is it totally a "take one from the top of the pile" system? Cpl. B The Earth is degenerating these days. Bribery and corruption abound.Children no longer mind their parents, every man wants to write a book,and it is evident that the end of the world is fast approaching. --17 different possible sources, all lacking verifiable attribution. B.S. Doane College, Mgt Info Systems/Systems Analysis 2008 M.S.Ed. Purdue University, Instructional Development and Technology, Feb. 2021 M.S. Purdue University Information Technology/InfoSec, Dec 2022 100% P/T MDD Spine Radiculopathy Sleep Apnea Some other stuff -------------------------------------------B.S. Info Systems Mgt/Systems Analysis-Doane College 2008M.S. Instructional Technology and Design- Purdue University 2021 (I AM NOT A RATER- I work the claims BEFORE they are rated, annotating medical evidence in your records, VA and Legal documents, and DA/DD forms- basically a paralegal/vso/etc except that I also evaluate your records based on Caluza and try to justify and schedule the exams that you go to based on whether or not your records have enough in them to warrant those) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl. B Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 haha Awesome... was just wondering because I am currently in school and the only reason I am is because it is paying for me to live. It causes me horible mental and physical issues to even go out to do the shopping let alone sit in a class with 20 strangers that I really dont want to get to know. I really wish I hadnt been so stuborn and had filed my claims when I got out of the corps in 2004. Cpl. B Some of us think they throw darts, others think that they must spin a wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cpl. B
I am new to posting on the forums here but was looking for some advice.
I served from 2000 to 2004 in the Marine Corps (0311 Infantry) and then from 2006 to 2010 in the army national guard(92A automated supply).
I was seen once in my marine service for depression, saw no direct combat, went down several times as a heat casualty, and beat my body up
pretty bad. On 9/11/2001 we were woken up to watch the news feeds of the planes crashing into the twin towers. Not an hour later we were
loaded up and standing post on another installation in Japan in the middle of a typhoon. About a year and a half later we were deployed to Bahrain
on the security crews for the pre-positioning ships around the Gulf, set on high alert and spun up all the time.
The long and short of it is, I almost feel ashamed to put in a claim for PTSD due to those two stressors, but I am experiencing most of the symptoms
of PTSD to a point that I have been married, divorced, walked away from several very good jobs because I cant deal with being around people, I have
horible nightmares of things that I feared would happen while we were deployed but never actually happened, etc...
I have a diagnosis of PTSD and have been being treated by the VA for about a year for it now and am just now coming to filing a claim, again because I
sort of felt ashamed to.
I have 2 main questions..... to start out with.
1. Is there any chance of winning a claim like this for PTSD?
2. Since I rarely went to medical while in service will I be able to claim my joint issues?
Thank you for reading and any help...
Cpl. B
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