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Ptsd Am I Covered For Va Comp

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Hello, i had traumatic event happen before i was in the military . i never had symptoms of PTSD until about 9 months before i was to get out. would this be covered if i received care while in the military?? and didn't have any trauma while in.

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I am not certain, but I would think that you could. There are several ideas I can think of:

1. You might have other MH diagnoses besides just PTSD (anxiety, depression, etc.) - Those could be service connected if they started in the service.

2. Service connection is granted for conditions that were caused by or incurred in the service. If your PTSD started in the service, it was incurred in the service, regardless of when you experienced the stressor(s). I don't think they can call a stressor a pre-existing condition.

3. If they say your PTSD pre-existed the service, it could have very well been aggravated in service.

Those are some ideas -- but check things out thoroughly so they don't railroad you on this one.

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You might want to do some research on this. You can search BVA decisions http://www.index.va.gov/search/va/bva.html

Here are a couple decisions covering pre-existing PTSD -- but they are a bit different than yours.

http://www.va.gov/vetapp12/Files5/1232328.txt

denied - but veteran already had PTSD diagnosis before service, didn't disclose it, and only served a couple months in the military.

http://www.va.gov/vetapp11/Files3/1123181.txt

denied - but veteran didn't seek treatment for, or report symptoms of PTSD until years after the service.

It helps to research what decisions were made and what reasons were given to help you better frame your claim.

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The VA tends to deny any claims where the PTSD happened before the service, however, if you never had a PTSD diagnosis, then you didn't have PTSD. You could have had something that triggered a preexisting PTSD or maybe something happened that you don't realize causes you a problem. The VA will treat you but they will try to get out of paying you, if they can. jmo

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well here is what it is. i was homeless before i joined, and had some life threaten dehumanizing circumstances. well with homeless PTSD the PTSD doesn't occur until after the person gets a home. which is why i was fine through boot and with my barracks. but when i got up in rank enough to get a house is when my whole head just fell apart. I mean i really sound like an ass here. i now ask them for money for making me financially stable. how dare they.. :-/? it doesn't seem right, but i definitely don't want to repeat my adolescent life. i guess i am more caught in a turmoil now because the military was good to me and it's like i'm throwing them under the bus

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well here is what it is. i was homeless before i joined, and had some life threaten dehumanizing circumstances. well with homeless PTSD the PTSD doesn't occur until after the person gets a home. which is why i was fine through boot and with my barracks. but when i got up in rank enough to get a house is when my whole head just fell apart. I mean i really sound like an ass here. i now ask them for money for making me financially stable. how dare they.. :-/? it doesn't seem right, but i definitely don't want to repeat my adolescent life. i guess i am more caught in a turmoil now because the military was good to me and it's like i'm throwing them under the bus

Are you sure you have PTSD?? There are other psychiatric disorders that are similar or co-exist. Try going to a vet center and seeing about some counseling. You could have an adjustment disorder. Also there are many causes of PTSD, besides combat & sexual assault. When was your service?

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