ptsd PTSD Claim

[hotrod351]

started a ptsd claim a few weeks back, just saw the psychiatrist on the 3rd. said i had extreme ptsd but also pre-existing condition. because my step father use to spank me and my brother when we were small for being bad, he was only around for a year or two.waiting to get a copy of the paper work he filed but now i fear, because he mentioned it, that the majority  of my problems are going to be contributed to my childhood. guess in that case any one with ptsd has pre-existing conditions. what a joke, guess i should of just lied. any one else come across this situation.

[hotrod351]

he said they just want to talk to me, see if i can complete a full sentence. he told me id be surprised at some of the guys that come into his office. they cant completye a full sentence and loose there train of thought pretty easy. so no biggy.

[Buck52]

I never had a nexus with my PTSD Claim, they used my STR's & broncovets #1 and  # 2

Vietnam  2 tours w /same unit 68-69

Gen William S Westmoreland US Army Chief  of Staff RVN

 MOS Recovery Specialist 63F20 on record

& Military Records to prove what I did and in - country travel orders  with my name rank #SS & unit   Sign by my Commanding Officer,letter in detail from me and what I encountered, stressors #1 & #2 ,unit awards,change in behavior letter from spouse,, VA MH Notes from MyHealthyVet.  DD-214 &   They even used  the IU unemployment Questioner I'd sent in couple months before I filed my PTSD claim.

Character letter in good standing sign by transportation officer.   When I became a ''short timer'',30 DAYS LEFT AND COUNTING most of my buddys and NCO's and Officers were all close friends & like blood brothers in my unit and we were all proud to see a fellow soldier get to go home.

I had doubts rather or not I'd be approved without a nexus, but I was.

If a veteran has proof (Military Records) of an event from a military conflict in hostile enemy territory & in fear of his/her life & witness death or injury & states this in ''statement in support of claim  & records to prove it  that's good enough.

JMO

.................Buck

[hotrod351]

To get service connected you always need 3 things. all three ive gotten. the VA appointed Dr said i have chronic ptsd, no cure. and he documented the event, or events, that caused it.  ill see.  i just didnt care for his notes that i was beaten as a child. figure ill have to defend that, spanked isnt beaten, well by todays standards it would be, but not back in the 50's or 60's. again the military records not stating that i had any problems when i went in, well that seems self explanatory.

[iceturkee]

On 3/4/2016 at 2:42 PM, hotrod351 said:

started a ptsd claim a few weeks back, just saw the psychiatrist on the 3rd. said i had extreme ptsd but also pre-existing condition. because my step father use to spank me and my brother when we were small for being bad, he was only around for a year or two.waiting to get a copy of the paper work he filed but now i fear, because he mentioned it, that the majority  of my problems are going to be contributed to my childhood. guess in that case any one with ptsd has pre-existing conditions. what a joke, guess i should of just lied. any one else come across this situation.

please don't take this the wrong way but since when did spanking become a precusor to ptsd? my father spanked me when i was bad and i don't have ptsd!!

Edited March 27, 2016 by iceturkee

[Berta]

If your stressor is solid I would not worry about that.

Your claim will fall under the 2010 PTSD regulations, as to fear of hostile activity, and/or close proximity to hostile activity...., and if you have the CAR or CIB on your DD 214, they should concede the stressor.

[hotrod351]

funny you should say that. same thing Prescott VA told my VA rep. if he has a CIB he doesnt need anything else.