Va Disability

[Moonpiebunny]

We closed the notice for 21-4142/21-4142a This is a request 6. How many requests are there?
Is there anyone with panic disorder with PTSD that had no evidence of it in the Army? 

[Dustoff1970]

Having been diagnosed with Nam combat PTSD since 1985 with P&T PTSD TDIU and 100% P&T since 1998 I have not heard of VA reducing the stressors need for PTSD even in a combat zone.  In addition to my PH and CMB plus DFC there were other ways for me to prove combat stressors exposure in Vietnam in 1970.

I also cannot read the NYT article because of a paywall and they are so biased against everything I believe in and lie about many things I do not find their article creditable even if I could read it.

I will do my own research on this question on other reliable news sources such as stars & stripes, military.com, etc.

 

Edited October 26, 2023 by Dustoff1970

[pacmanx1]

24 minutes ago, Dustoff1970 said:

Having been diagnosed with Nam combat PTSD since 1985 with P&T PTSD TDIU and 100% P&T since 1998 I have not heard of VA reducing the stressors need for PTSD even in a combat zone.

The government is preparing to issue new rules that will make it substantially easier for veterans who have been found to have post-traumatic stress disorder to receive disability benefits, a change that could affect hundreds of thousands of veterans from the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam.

The regulations from the Department of Veterans Affairs, which will take effect as early as Monday and cost as much as $5 billion over several years according to Congressional analysts, will essentially eliminate a requirement that veterans document specific events like bomb blasts, firefights or mortar attacks that might have caused P.T.S.D., an illness characterized by emotional numbness, irritability and flashbacks.

For decades, veterans have complained that finding such records was extremely time consuming and sometimes impossible. And in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, veterans’ groups assert that the current rules discriminate against tens of thousands of service members many of them women who did not serve in combat roles but nevertheless suffered traumatic experiences.

Under the new rule, which applies to veterans of all wars, the department will grant compensation to those with P.T.S.D. if they can simply show that they served in a war zone and in a job consistent with the events that they say caused their conditions. They would not have to prove, for instance, that they came under fire, served in a front-line unit or saw a friend killed.

The new rule would also allow compensation for service members who had good reason to fear traumatic events, known as stressors, even if they did not actually experience them.

This is just a portion of the article. If you like to read the full article let us know? 

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/us/08vets.html

Edited October 26, 2023 by pacmanx1

[Dustoff1970]

This is wonderful news since anyone who has ever served overseas in military can claim PTSD compensation LMAOL.  Combat zone can and will include just about anywhere overseas.  I also love free candy.  Yup