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ptsd Fdc Filed In April. Will Filing Docs To Support Ptsd Kick It Out?
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Marineswife
Hello,
What an awesome site you have here! I have been trying to get my husband to file for benefits for years and finally talked him into seeing a psychiatrist and then filing an FDC in April. I am just beginning to learn the ropes of this whole deal and now I am concerned that we might not have included "enough" documentation on his FDC (filed with our county VA rep, not a VSO- which I personally think was a mistake now...).
My husband has been seeing the VA for about 8 years for his medical problems but the rep advised us to go ahead and file on his PTSD and hearing loss/Tinnitus since I had all of that documentation (including a Nexus letter from his Psychiatrist) readily available to me. It takes quite a bit to get my husband anywhere near any kind of "official place of business" due to his general distrust of all things "official" but, since I finally got him there, I thought we might as well make hay while the sun shines, and file.
We included the Application, all of our birth certs, marriage licenses, his DD214, the Nexus letter but, we did not include any 21-0781 form(s) as the rep stated that because he had received combat pay in Vietnam and a Cross of Gallantry and the Psychiatrist had stated a direct correlation between some "stressors" and his PTSD, that we didn't need to send any letters of support or additional documentation. All of his health records are from the VA so, those were not included either.
Now I am wondering if we did the right thing? He has many other things going on but, we felt like this would at least get the ball rolling for him. My question is - If I send additional documentation that is directly related to the two conditions he filed, will that kick him out of the FDC process?
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Berta
As USN_HM_VSR states" "The only benefit for FDC is if you get SC on your original claim you will receive an additional 12 months of retro pay." The Key word is "if". The extra retro is basically
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Cross of Gallantry unless something change doesn't waive the 0781. He will get an exam for the PTSD Initial, but for whatever reason if he walks out of the exam w/o a dx of PTSD that 0781 can help hi
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Why take the chance with the FDC, you'll know soon enough if the rating Dept kicks your claim to a Reg XXX Claim. If they decide that more or a certain type of Medical Evidence is necessary, you'll be
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