Asking for an opinion on a CUE

[Emmafrost1111]

Thank-you in advanced for reading and if anyone can provide opinion.

I filed a VA Claim in 1990 less then year post leaving Active Duty service w/honorable discharge.  I vaguely recall filing it because I was in a bad place.  I remember walking into the the DC VA Hospital in 1990 to seek medical care and asked for an appointment to see a VA Dr. for a continuity of symptoms/medical issues that began and worsened in service and continued. I had no idea that I had to be SC to receive VA care in 1990 less then year off active duty.  So that went down well as you can imagine especially since I was there to seek help for what I called unresolvable stress, TMJ pain/headaches and I was not sleeping.  In any event, I was handed stack of forms and told to fill them out and mail them in if I wanted to see a VA Dr.  It appears I filled out my 1st VA Disability Claim forms in 1990 by hand, listed my problems in layman’s terms since I hadn’t seen any Dr’s since my AD SEPS physical, and I mailed it in.  Apparently, I also had a C&P because I got a copy of my C-File and it’s in my file along with the denial I received and more then likely tossed because I was barely sleeping and in a constant state of anxiety & stress.  A female Veteran talked me into to going to the VA in 2010 for MH Counseling.  She also ended up encouraging me and ultimately assisted me with filing a VA Disability Claim later in 2012 that service connected me at 70% for PTSD & Depression due to MST.  The claim was processed pretty quick.  

Now I’m looking at the details of this 1990 Claim in my C-File.  It’s strange because it states in handwritten notes that my Discharge Documents ? are missing, maybe nothing.  My USMC SEPS physical/dental clearly notes I have TMJ.  It’s documented thoroughly in my STR both medical & dental as severe TMJ and bruxism due to stress.  I had zero issues regarding TMJ in my entrance physical or dental exams until about 2 yrs in.  I had 0 issues of any kind on both dental/medical entrance exams.  I was given Motrin to take everyday on AD and they even made me a dental mouth guard. I was sent for psych evaluation as well and sent to specialist for heart tests and EKGs because I was passing out (Military dx’d as Vasovagal syncope) so I guess it was considered stress/anxiety related (EKG in service:  normal sinus rhythm with sinus arrhythmia). Less then a year prior to discharge I was also seen in base medical after I was thrown head first into a cement wall and dx’d with blunt force head trauma to left occipital skull/head.  Dr. gave me more Motrin, bed rest and sent me home.  This was not the sexual assault incident in service, this was another incident after sexual assault.  It was a straight up violent physical assault where my STR notes I was attacked by multiple combatants, picked up and thrown into a wall head first.  The base Dr. actually drew a stick figure type picture in my STR showing angle of head impact to wall.  I only mention it because 1990 decision states in absence of trauma in service..I was basically born defective with TMJ which is a lie. My records are rife (IMO).  I will post 1990 claim+denial decision because I want to know if it was an error or CUE.  The VA can only go by what I wrote in layman’s terms on claim and then C&P, so it’s likely not, but not sure.  I still have TMJ, it’s worsened of course as has dental issues.  

[kanewnut]

12 hours ago, Berta said:

if you are a VA claimant and dont have PTSD, the claims process will give it to you.

That gave me a good laugh, thanks, but I totally agree.