ptsd Should I File For Ptsd

[SP4RVN1971]

With all my condition's I have and now being P&T. Does it or will it help to file for PTSD before I kick the can. Does the increase more percent to do any good for my wife in monies?

Some one at HADIT told me to go for every percent you can get.

Of course I'm Ptsd. But I don't want to waste time on something that does no good!

[carlie]

If there is no additional benefit for you or your family

(already being 100 % P&T) why file a claim for it ?

Would it garner you an SMC or something additional ?

[mobie16r]

\That is somewhat of a catch 22 kind of complicated,i see you are already 340 service connected and getting smc,if you haven't been pt for ten years and you decide to commit sucide because of the traumatic event that you experience during combat (PTSD) your wife might get left out unless you are service connected for PTSD

[Gulfvet45]

Leave it a lone. You and you family will not get any thing more.

With all my condition's I have and now being P&T. Does it or will it help to file for PTSD before I kick the can. Does the increase more percent to do any good for my wife in monies?

Some one at HADIT told me to go for every percent you can get.

Of course I'm Ptsd. But I don't want to waste time on something that does no good!

[john999]

If you are already connected for a mental health disorder I would just leave it alone. You probably won't die from PTSD so there is no benefit I see in filing for it since you are way over 100% now. If something is going to kill you directly then file for it. If you had a fatal AO cancer I would file for that.

[SP4RVN1971]

I agree, enough said!

[Veldrina]

The problem with filing for every % you can is that when you get greedy, the VA starts looking very closely at some of the things you have. Sometimes you have conditions that may have gotten better & then we have to propose to reduce, & we wouldn't have noticed if you hd left well enough alone. I've seen vets who had 100% for years get greedy & decide they wanted more, then lose that 100% & have ot reduced to say 40% because at the exam we saw their conditions had actually improved, which we wouldn't have noticed if they hadn;t asked for an increase. I'd say leave it be.