ptsd Feeling screwed

[Black3018]

I was denied for my fully developed PTSD claim as being not service related. I went to the DAV to file my appeal but they suggested I get treatment and counseling first to establish a paper trail and to get evidence of service connection. After about 6 months of treatment I went to file my appeal. They said to do the reconsideration based on new evidence ( treatment notes and a letter from my VA therapist plus copies of my Purple Heart award) and file a NOD at the same time. In mid March a representative of the VA called and said that reconsideration can go through but i have to drop the nod. I dropped it and I've had a new c&p exam on April 8 and it's still in the gathering evidence phase. My appeal time is over may 25th. After doing more research on my own I discovered that a reconsideration doesn't exist in the VA and I'm pissed at myself for listening to the DAV. Will This be considered a new claim or will my original date of 2-24-15 still be there? I'm also thinking I should file my NOD to preserve my original date but not sure what this will do to my reconsideration. Any advice would be helpful. 

[flores97]

2 hours ago, Black3018 said:

How do I put pictures on here? I tried earlier and kept getting error messages 

Black3018, you need to synchronize your had it profile with your Facebook profile, go to settings. Once you get them synchronized, then go back to had it profile, I believe you click on your photo and make sure the "use Facebook cover photo as profile pic"(or something like that), I just figured it out myself

[Tbird]

14 hours ago, Black3018 said:

How do I put pictures on here? I tried earlier and kept getting error messages 

if you are trying to attach copies of your decisions please make them pdf's and not images, they are much easier for folks to read through.

[Black3018]

here is a full copy of my c&p.  i dont know what half of the stuff means and any help would be appreciated.  thanks in advance

 

Edited May 8, 2016 by Black3018
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[Fat]

Looks very positive for service connection.

[Black3018]

thats good.  any guestimate on a percentage of the claim?

 

[Navy4life]

5 hours ago, Black3018 said:

here is a full copy of my c&p.  i dont know what half of the stuff means and any help would be appreciated.  thanks in advance

c&p 2016.pdf

Looks like 30% for PTSD