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Traumatic Stress Disorder w/o Post TSD...WHAT?
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kdavis478
I was rated at 50% service connected Traumatic Stress Disorder after a severe TBI injury in which I was assaulted with a blunt object knocking me unconscious for several minutes. It was really bad and my head had a severe contusing and I still have the scarring to this day. Since I have been having progressively diminution cognitive issues as well as migraines and more recently been diagnosed to be bipolar which I had no issues before the incident. However, my confusion comes at why I was rate as a Traumatic Stress Disorder and not Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? Like they essentially are the same thing and the symptoms did not occur until after the incident meaning that it is "Post." This is extremely confusing to me as I have no explanation as to why. I can't even find anything in the Schedule Rating documentation. I really would like read up on it but I cannot. Please shed some light if you can.
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Chuck75
Herein lies a conundrum. PTSD is categorized as a mental/psychological condition, and TBI is a physical condition resulting from an injury/event. The VA basically considers mental and physical c
Berta
If you claimed both the TBI residuals and the PTSD, then they should have rated both of these disabilities separately. I not exactly clear on the rating. Is it 50% for PTSD ( TSD-,which as
Chuck75
"I wonder if the C & P docs are actually using the new TBI rules" That might depend on how long it takes the VA to update the computerized C&P software, and the examiners use of it.
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