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My claim is currently in Evidence Gathering. My MST Coordinator has a DBQ that my VSO sent me to have my Dr (Private/Non VA) fill out. It was filed with my claim. She also has the AF OSI Report concerning the incident in question. Two things:
1. The FOIA Request I did to retrieve the AF OSI Report gave me the report summary and my hand-written statement of account. The report summary discusses all statements, but they are redacted in my copy. The report status shows Closed. Recommended for action. The MST Coordinator said she had the report but it didn't show what action was taken. I told her that I was never "sent" anything explaining the action taken. All I ever got was some generic phone call from some JAG person months later letting me know the case had been closed and that the subject had been "offered" CC but refused and was subsequently being discharged from service. (I won't get into how crazy it makes me that someone can be "offered" jail time and "refuse") MST Coordinator said she was going to see if she could obtain the action report. I don't understand why they need that. Any ideas? I have since submitted a second FOIA Request (after learning that even though the Action Report is required to be given to OSI they "can't" release it to me without a FOIA Request being submitted and approved by the owners of that report which is AFLOA. (Freaking ridiculous)
2. She sent out a release letter to sign that will give them the ability to get my records from my private Dr. Should I sign it? Or should I get those records and send them only what they need? My fear is that I talk about lots of things with my Dr. Some aren't specifically about this. Will they get that info and try to use it against me?
The stress of this, is literally about to do me in. One of my "triggers" is being put in front of some person in charge and having them judge me while forcing me to recount every detail I've already written in my statement. I am literally stretched thin thinking of being put back in that same situation. It's unfathomable to me that the VA should be allowed to literally put an MST Survivor through the EXACT situations that caused a lot of the issues we suffer from. They wouldn't stick a person with Combat PTSD back in Combat for their claim. Before I go off on a tangent...thanks in advance for advice.
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