Official VA Training guide and study confirming PTSD causes adverse physical illnesses in vets.

[Dustoff1970]

I think this is important enough to post this here also.

Here is VA official training and research study from their National PTSD Center clearly stating the negative effects of trauma PTSD on the physical health of veterans and apparently discusses the many different types physical problems directly related to PTSD.

There is another veterans benefits forum run by former VA raters, DROs and VSOs that constantly tell veterans that PTSD does not cause Sleep Apnea and other physical illnesses and this is pure lying BS.  They constantly tell vets that their problems are due only to weight gain and or life styles, and or aging and not PTSD  or Agent Orange exposure, etc. etc.  Of course many raters also ignore their own VA evidence as in the above lengthy VA training guide.

For over 30 years I have read many medical journals and BVA decisions that also recognize the adverse physical health effects of PTSD on vets and civilians such as firefighters, police and EMS personnel.

I have not read the entire lengthy study but will do so soon.

My info is not legal advice as I am not an attorney, paralegal or VSO etc., etc.

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=!AK3o0K6Q4AXU-AY&cid=F26A831414B07043&id=F26A831414B07043!292082&parId=F26A831414B07043!250343&o=OneUp

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=!AK3o0K6Q4AXU-AY&cid=F26A831414B07043&id=F26A831414B07043!292082&parId=F26A831414B07043!250343&o=OneUp

[Vync]

Of course, the URL at the top of the transcript cannot be accessed by the public...

[Dustoff1970]

Well I have easily accessed it and read part of it with my Google Chrome browser.  All you can do is try different browsers I guess.  

[Vync]

I was using Chrome also, but I'm glad you posted it.

[blahsaysme2u]

2 hours ago, Vync said:

I was using Chrome also, but I'm glad you posted it.

where? i get an error when i try to go www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/ptsd101/

[Vync]

@blahsaysme2u I also get an error. However, I do not get an error when I go to www.ptsd.va.gov/professional. I get a page that is visible to the public. I tried to look it up on archive.org, but they don't have that page archived.

This leads me to believe that the link may be internal to VA employees only.

I did a google search for it: https://www.google.com/search?safe=active&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS813US814&sxsrf=ACYBGNQ9pBpyydYOlq3btUjIIRV8Jq0gcQ%3A1579900132216&ei=5FwrXtXaDIym_QbVpI2oCA&q="www.ptsd.va.gov%2Fprofessional%2Fptsd101"&oq="www.ptsd.va.gov%2Fprofessional%2Fptsd101"&gs_l=psy-ab.3...3627.4216..7275...0.2..0.136.251.0j2......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71.9kZBda64JCI&ved=0ahUKEwjV3KTRkp3nAhUMU98KHVVSA4UQ4dUDCAs&uact=5

And it shows the course as the second link, but I get a 404 error not found when going to the link. It is possible that the link may have been public briefly, long enough for google to start cataloging it, but not long enough for google to cache it.

Some of the other links provide direct references to it, but it appears to be targeted to providers, not the public:

https://www.veteranscaucus.org/va-resources-for-community-providers-and-their-patients/

 

This link has an actual slideshow, but includes a disclaimer that the opinion is of the presenter, not the VA. Near the end, it includes a link to the same PTSD101 course.
http://www.dbhds.virginia.gov/assets/doc/BH/bh/2019symposium-meyer.pdf

 

And this one is almost humorous. It is touted as "veteran resources" and points to the online training module (that we veterans cannot use).
https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/training/xus/crcl/employmentdisabilities/Common/html/vet_resources.htm

 

And here it is in the Homeland Security Digital Library, again pointing to a page we cannot reach:
https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=725425

[Dustoff1970]

It is an internal VA training document that VA posted on Google One Drive server known as the cloud so many employees can view it at same time.  I have only one or two extensions attached to my chrome browser and so nothing interfering with me viewing the document.  Check your extensions as it may help.

I bookmarked it to chrome and then saved it to my documents however when I go to open it from my documents only blank pages appear so it is obvious they don't want us knuckle headed vets to know this stuff but again I found a work around and will soon begin printing and scanning these pages.  It appears to be good stuff.