ptsd Fdc Filed In April. Will Filing Docs To Support Ptsd Kick It Out?

[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?

[Berta]

https://www.vetfriends.com/units/index.cfm?unit=14265:

(A list of names from ZULU CO, MABS 16, MAG 16, 1ST MAW RVN is at that site)
-----------------

"Within easy reach of North Vietnamese troops, Air Bases in Vietnam and Thailand were attacked 478 times from 1964 to 1973. One hundred and fifty-five Americans were killed and 1,702 wounded, along with 375 allied aircraft being destroyed and 1,203 damaged. In fact, more U.S. planes were lost in ground action (101) than in dogfights with MIGs (62)."

http://www.vspa.com/k9/dn.htm

(there might be more info on specific attacks at this site)

Also I found this info (maybe what I already posted here however)


"The Marine Corps Historical Center
Archives Section, Building 58
Washington Navy Yard
Washington, D.C. 20374

Phone number: 202-433-3483

Available here are operations reports, command diaries, command chronologies, and after action reports. The archivists at the Center are most helpful and will photocopy material and mail it to you. They may also refer you to the:

Unit Diary Section Commandant
Marine Corps Records Service Section
Code MMSB-10, Hdq, U.S. Marine Corps
Quantico, VA 22134-5030

where company rosters and unit diaries after 1967 are located. These must be requested in writing. "

This link also contains an email addy for their resource librarian but I do not know how old this link is.

http://www.vietvet.org/records.htm

I make the mistake of saying Morning Reports when this is actually After Action Reports you need to find.

[Berta]

gee I almost forgot one of my favorites: POPASMOKE!

http://popasmoke.comis an excellent sight and I used it here for research for some info some vets needed for their claims


http://popasmoke.com/notam/forum/odds-ends/ask-our-members/1034-mmaf-zulu-company

[Andyman73]

As always Berta is a veritable fount of knowledge!!!