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Hi everybody,

THIS IS A LINK TO THE VA PRACTICE MANUAL FOR PTSD COMPENSATION EXAMS

I wish I had known about this manual before my husband filed his claim.

This is a very detailed Link to a VA site for PTSD. The VA manual and guidelines for examination and rating. Very interresting and informative. I am sure this has been posted before but it may have been quite some time ago as I don't recall seeing it.

Berta- in section H...it has a VERY detailed History PTSD and Family Questionaire- This may have been what you remember your late husband Rod filling out. (?)

http://www.vva.org/ptsd1/PTSDManualFinal6.pdf

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WOW- lots of info in that link Jangrin-

and it is very detailed-

the form my husband had to fill out isn't there.

Now I am thinking- it could have been something he had to fill out for the PTSD 21 day hospital program.

I dont know if that program changed much but their point was to put 5-6 combat veterans into a "tour" again-get them there and then bring them home again and debrief them ---

maybe this is why he had to detail Vietnam month by month and say what happened. It was just horrible for him to do this. He already had his stressors verified so now I think it was maybe part of the PTSD inhouse program paperwork.

I had to write a biography for the Vietnam Veteran Memorial for vets who did not die of direct SC but have a special place of honor there in Wshington and I used part of this to tell what he had experienced in Vietnam.

I will have to get it out again and see if there is a date that would show it was for the inhouse program.

In 6 years this was the only PTSD therapy-except for the hypnosis sessions -that really helped him.

The VA in my opinion excels in this type of PTSD treatment.

And the staff was just wonderful too- oddly enough one counsellor that the vets took to very well never served in Vietnam at all but still he had the understanding and empathy the guys needed.Most of these vets told me it was a good program but they all agreed 21 days in a VA "nut house" does not debrief a year of Hell.

We used to have a PTSD nut house ward here at the Bath VA.

That is what the vets called it -not me---I was there many times visiting vets I knew.

I have never heard a PTSD vet ever say anything that was crazy.I think that is part of the problem that many people just dont understand.You take normal people and put them into any profoundly abnormal situation and it cannot help but change them.

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GRADUATE ! Nov 2nd 2007 American Military University !

When thousands of Americans faced annihilation in the 1800s Chief

Osceola's response to his people, the Seminoles, was

simply "They(the US Army)have guns, but so do we."

Sameo to us -They (VA) have 38 CFR ,38 USC, and M21-1- but so do we.

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In 6 years this was the only PTSD therapy-except for the hypnosis sessions -that really helped him.

The VA in my opinion excels in this type of PTSD treatment.

I will have to agree when it comes to hypnosis the Va is the best.

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Hi everybody,

THIS IS A LINK TO THE VA PRACTICE MANUAL FOR PTSD COMPENSATION EXAMS

section H...it has a VERY detailed History PTSD and Family Questionaire

http://www.vva.org/ptsd1/PTSDManualFinal6.pdf

I filled that questionaire out two weeks ago prior to a four hour interview by two doctors. I have a appointment on wednesday with one of the doctors to discuss a treatment plan

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