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Anxiety Disorder, Should Be Ptsd

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Good morning and thank you all for the help in advance. Before I jump in and ask my questions I just want to give a little background. I am an Iraq Combat Veteran. I have a Combat Action Badge and a downgraded bronze star to an ARCOM. Anyways when I got out in 2009 I filed my claim for PTSD and Back injury which occrued during an IED strike. I went to my CP exam and told them most things, but not alll as I didnt want to talk about. I told them about engaging the enemy and killing them. Told them about the IED strikes, but I did leave a lot of stuff out. I was rated 30% anxiety disorder with alchohol abuse and signs of PTSD. I was also rated 10% for lumbar spine Disc Disease. I tried living through the pain for a couple years. Eventually the VA gave me vicodin. Then they gave me oxy. Then the real problem started. For about 3 years I was a full blown addict to pain pills. I realized not only did it help my back but it numbed my thoughts and emotions. I eventually checked myself in and detoxed at the VA. Even tho I am clean I still have major issues at home and am on the verge of losing my job, luckily they will send me back to my old job so I wont be completely out of a job. I have been speaking to my PTSD doctor weekly now and have confide in him the things i originally left out of my initial CP exam. He said I should be rated at 70% for PTSD and that he has no clue what the doc who did my first exam was thinking. So I filed for an increase for the anxiety disorder, filed for PTSD, Increase in Back, and Tinitus because originally no one told me what that was. I filed in November. What should I expect? Thanks a lot everyone.

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Since you are already rated you should file an appeal if VA decision is less than one year or ask for upgrade. If you are not working you probably should be TDIU 100%. There is actually a VA Form to ask for TDIU. From the information you have given so far there is a lot still on the table.

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Veterans deserve real choice for their health care.

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I replied to another post you made on same subject.

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