Osccore9 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 I am confused, as I have heard different opinions from different vets. Are they looking at the symptoms? What ultimately are they looking for? Are they looking at your occupational and social impairment? What determines the rating the VA gives you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Osccore9 Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 16 minutes ago, sunnyh said: Flashbacks, memory problems, insomnia, easily startled, hyper-vigilance, concentration problems, feeling numb, eating problems, drinking problems, drug problems, feeling safe problems, trust problems, relationship problems, physical pain problems. Here's an example of feeling unsafe or being hyper-vigilant I told my C&P examiner: We have an air conditioner in a window and when the a/c is not in that window I stress over the window being accidentally unlocked or left open. I'll scare myself thinking someone is climbing in the window and then I'll feel too terrified to look, but make myself get a knife and go look. I get mad at anyone who does not lock the front door or back door. It makes me feel unsafe and insecure, so I make sure doors and windows are locked! >One night a dude did walk in our backdoor that was unlocked. He claimed he had the wrong door. His girlfriend lived upstairs. I wasn't home alone thank God. Him and his girlfriend were arrested the next week for breaking and entering someone else's house and holding them at knifepoint to rob them. Do you have a disability rating for PTSD? sunnyh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 sunnyh Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Yes, I'm at 50% for mst/ptsd for 3 years. Got rated too low and now trying to get 100%. Andyman73 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Osccore9 Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 Did you go to a C&P appointment? sunnyh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 sunnyh Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Yes I went to a C&P exam for PTSD 9 days go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Osccore9 Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 Do you have a copy of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 sunnyh Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 (edited) No and I'm not interested in seeing the C&P exam.. Whatever answers the RO is looking for is not talked about or mentioned in the C&P exam. At least not in this 2nd C&P exam I had. My 1st C&P exam for service connection did have specific questions about my stressors. Edited July 22, 2016 by sunnyh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I am confused, as I have heard different opinions from different vets. Are they looking at the symptoms? What ultimately are they looking for? Are they looking at your occupational and social impairment? What determines the rating the VA gives you?
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The simplest answer as I understand it, is that they are looking to document your symptoms, history, and experiences so that they can determine service connection primary or secondary and rate your co
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