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ptsd PTSD rating difference combat/non combat
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Hellraiser7
Greetings. Got good help here before, back for more!
Got my rating for ptsd last year at 50%. Wasnt happy with it for a wide variety of reasons. Anyways, left it alone for a while until i logged onto my ebenefits, and found they listed my ptsd as "noncombat" related. Problem is everything stemmed from my involvement with the iraqi invasion (oif1). I told docs this through c&p process, had outside evidence and support. After this discovery, i met with my VSO and explaind my discontent and confusion why i was rated noncombat. She tells me that i need to have a CIB or CAB on my record. I told her that i was Artillery, and you dont get a CIB unless you are infantry. As for the CAB, it came out in 2005, and i ETSd in 2004, after serving in iraq in 2003. Thataward didnt even exist. She tells me its a grey area and that being rated noncombat vs combat doesnt effect anything.
Is this true? Why does it bother me so much? I would assume that benefits vary for combat to noncombat. How do i go about correcting this?
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Berta
"Is this true? Why does it bother me so much? I would assume that benefits vary for combat to noncombat. " No. All MH SC disabilities are rated the same way,and the comp is the same......it doesn
Gastone
A Vet in receipt of a CIB or CAR is presumed to have experienced his listed Combat Stressors when applying for a PTSD rating. No need for exact dates or Buddy Statements. A BS w/V or any other Combat
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The differences between "non combat" and "combat" PTSD are mostly that the "stressor" is easier to verify in combat Vets. Since you are already rated for PTSD, it makes no difference.
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