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I was given a medical discharge for depression from the service about 20 years ago and have a 20 year history of ongoing mental health treatment. I finally decided to file for VA benefits (I've always worked) and had my C&P exam a couple weeks ago and wondered if this was a normal experience.
The exam lasted almost three hours and I had to take a long test of a couple hundred questions. The doctor (psychologist) was very nice and he seemed interested in my case but asked a lot of questions about my childhood. My case involved childhood MST and repressed memories of it until a flashback while I was on active duty brought everything out. I was tossed in the hospital and given a medical discharge for depression, existing prior to entry, service aggravated condition per the medical board.
I'm a bit worried the doctors focus on my childhood means he was trying to say I was depressed prior to the service which isn't the case. With the repressed memory of the rape I had a pretty normal growing up experience after the event and had friends and a stable family. He seemed to be trying to get me to say my current problems with trusting people were related to what happened then. Obviously they are but I was concerned he spent hardly any time on the in-service stressor that led to the flashback or the fact I've been pretty miserable since then.
I had a friend tell me not to worry that it's normal and he may be trying to figure out what percentage of my disability was existing prior to entry versus how much was service aggravated. I've got the service connection thing taken care of with the "service aggravated" note on the medical board and my private psychiatrist wrote a nexus letter and completed a DBQ stating my conditions are related to my service. I'm thinking I have enough medical evidence to show it but I'm concerned about the C&P examiners report.
Do you think I need to worry about this? (I have anxiety issues too). Is a three hour exam normal? Do you think the examiner was just being detailed and it'll be OK? He said it would be a couple weeks to view his report and I'm still waiting but I'm a nervous wreck.
JW in MN
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