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Ranmic
Hi everyone! As usual I appreciate everyone's input and opinions on all the subjects I read about here.
Now on to my question. I have been seeing a VA Doctor for about 6 months now for a couple of MH issues I've had. Some are related to my hearing loss (service connected) and depression and some are related to an event when I was on active duty. The VA doc gave me a diagnosis of "unspecified traumatic stress disorder", insomnia and anxiety. My PCP based off of the phycologist opinion prescribed me a med to control the anxiety, stress and depression. My question is if I decide to file a claim for VA compensation should I wait awhile longer seeing as I have only been seeing a doctor for about 6 months or does that really matter? Second I felt comfortable filing a claim on my own for my hearing issue and knees on my own but I'm a little hesitate on this one. Should I use a VSO/DAV group or just move forward with all my current evidence like I have in the past. I'm comfortable filing the claim I just want to make sure I don't miss anything important.
Thank you again for your help.
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GBArmy
Ranmic If you're confident about doing it yourself, go for it. Broken soldier has experience at work as well as his own personal experience, so I'm confident he is right. But personally, I can underst
broncovet
Its "not always required" for your doctor to say (exactly): "I diagnose you with _________." For example, my doc stated in ONE of my reports indicated "diagnosis by hx (history)". In other wor
brokensoldier244th
With 6 mo in you should be fine. Especially if your refills extend out another 6 months to a year. I waited about that long when I filed for depression/anxiety/OCD tendencies and I was granted with no
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