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El Mero Mero posted:disability rating question for folks here. My dad's a vietnam era vet. After getting out he had PTSD so bad he ended up homeless for a decade or so and never even sought a rating. I got one for him 5-6 years back finally with the help of a VSO and VA gave him a 50% (PTSD service-connected, presumptive ALS/parkinsons risk non-service connected). Speaking from my experience, I only received a 50% rating for PTSD. I'm not sure if that is assigned on a scale of severity or just a blanket value. That being said, it might be worthwhile to explore additional service related issues to increase the rating.
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life is killing me posted:So I submitted a claim by proxy through the DAV, haven't really heard from one of them personally, but I know they submitted it as they sent me a copy of the letter they sent the VA, and I've received contact from a contractor about evaluation. The doc will essentially perform a standard medical exam, focusing on the areas that you are specifically making a claim for. Anecdotally, they didn't want to award anything for my knees because I was able to bend them fully. Perhaps I should have stated more loudly that they hurt or something, I'm not sure. I had a seperate psychological assessment for mental health related claims. It was also straight forward, the doc asked a bunch of questions (essentially going down the DSM checklist) and then made a determination/diagnosis. In my case, the doc "upgraded" me from standard depression/anxiety to full PTSD (while swearing at the Army docs for documenting things as if I had PTSD but listing depression/anxiety). In both cases the docs were polite and didn't seem to be out to "get" me or anything. They even paid me for mileage to get to/from the appointment to my home, I found that strange.
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life is killing me posted:All good to know. I have a psychiatrist for my depression and anxiety meds, I haven't talked too much with him about any connection to the Army, I did talk to my counselor about the situation with the surgeries, my command, etc. I highly doubt I could get full PTSD as I wasn't a combat soldier, two deployments and the worst that happened was we got mortared. A lot. You may want to rethink the mental wellness aspects. There are many people who suffer from PTSD that only got mortared (the term "shell shocked" was coined for a reason). A PTSD diagnosis is not contingent on shooting someone, seeing X amount of dead bodies, or experiencing specific "qualifying" events. It is more about how your brain processes a traumatic experience (or multiple experiences). You can always re-evaluate your rating, I strongly suggest you mention this to your therapist/psychiatrist so they can evaluate properly/further. There may be a connection with your current mental wellness issues and your past service, let the professionals make that determination. Us/we/you are NOT the professionals in this scenario, make sure you get fixed however/wherever you can.
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Evil SpongeBob posted:I just signed up for a free year of LinkedIn premium. Hope it helps someone. https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a518653/linkedin-for-veterans-free-premium-career-subscription-and-eligibility?lang=en I did the same when I was looking for my current position. I'm not sure it helped though. Curious to see what you think of it.
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Mustang posted:Last month I finished my 2 year grad school program and I just checked with the VA and I have over half of my GI Bill benefits left. I know someone who just took classes like woodworking or welding. Basically, anything he was remotely interested in.
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PageMaster posted:Who do we talk to in order to clarify internment benefits? We're e in the pre-need stage, but looking at internment in a VA national cemetery. I was under the impression Costs would be zero (casket, headstone, plot, funeral, etc. However. Being bounced around between the cemetery office. The VA, VSO we start to get conflicting info and told the VA only reimburses certain amounts, but I think they're confusing the benefits of using a private cemetary. Is there like one head central office that we can talk to to find out for sure? It's bad enough having to shop for plots, but it's be nice to know for sure the family would actually be covered financially and administratively Specifically, you want the Veterans Benefits Administration. I assume that you are getting "bounced around" via their web app, which is mostly designed to either find an existing grave or set up/request a burial at a memorial cemetery. Google is telling me that the VA will offer $300 for non-service connected deaths and $2k for service connected reasons, an additional $807 (very bizarre number) if the person was in the VA hospital when they die and social security will offer up $255. Still with Google, I am only seeing that they cover the gov headstone or marker, , opening/closing of the grave, burial flag, care of the site (in a national cemetery). The only reference I can find to covering the casket is if the individual is indigent with no next of kin. Have you tried calling the VBA 800 number? 800-698-2411. Lots of the VA people do better when physically talking to someone. Hope you find what you need. Sorry that you even have to do this.
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Mercury Ballistic posted:Has anyone here had experience filing for va disability for MH issues related to combat? I didn't need any witness statements, but I received some treatment before leaving the Army and the deployments were on my DD214. The evaluation was a conversation with the VA therapist (maybe a psychologist?) that lasted maybe 30 min?
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Well poo poo... That answer was much better.... What he said.
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