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A little less than a year. I was discharged in September 2016 and my initial first reevaluation was scheduled for July 2017. I didn't bring any documentation to the reevaluation and I relied on whatever was in my VA medical treatment file.

How do I get a complete copy of my IDES process (MEB, PEB, etc) from 2015-2016? I have tried to find information online without success. However, that might be due I easily get stressed and when I get stressed my ability to find things drops dramatically. I seem to have lost most of my...

Thank you! I will revisit the issue once I am done with my treatment at the PTSD clinic. At the moment, I don't feel comfortable with putting a package together. It is funny how the brain works. Last week I saw that Netflix started to show the movie Outpost about the Battle of Kamdesh in...

Would it matter that he was posthumously awarded the "Purple Heart" according to official military sites?

Thank you for sharing. I got rid of all my weapons about five years ago after an episode of severe depression and I almost committed suicide. I have problem with impulse behavior and mood swings so I don't thrust myself with having firearms in my home. I think that not having any firearms in...

Thank you! I have been trying to tell myself for years that it is not my fault, but I still fall back into the mindset that I could have done something to prevent it from happening. That I should have stopped him from getting on that bird and my inaction resulted in him getting killed. It's...

Thank you for your input. I do appreciate it. I will probably not file anything yet. I will think about it again once my treatment at the PTSD clinic is over. At the moment I don't think that I could handle the stress from preparing a claim packet. I don't think I can get any buddy letters...

I was in the Brigade TOC on FOB Salerno when the Chinook went down. I followed the event and recovery mission on the TV screen. Didn't get confirmation about his death until the next morning when I contacted HQ at Bagram to inquiry about his whereabouts (as I had been unable to reach him). 15...

Thank you for the feedback. I do have a very specific event. My subordinate was killed in a helicopter accident on my birthday. https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/06/international/middleeast/at-least-16-are-killed-in-copter-crash-in.html

I am currently rated 70% DOD on PDRL and 100% VA P&T. I was medically retired from the Army for Major Depression and Anxiety in 2016. I ended up on the PDRL with 70% DOD rating with the determination that it was not caused by combat or an instrument of war. I always thought that my depression...

I went on TDRL in 2016 with 50% DOD / 90% VA. I was reevaluated after one year and the exam for my main disability (mental health) was conducted at a VA hospital. After about two months, I got a letter from VA increasing my main disability from 50% to 70% and making me 100% VA. One month...

I did visit a psychiatrist at VA on a monthly basis. I got my primary healthcare through TRICARE, but I made sure to use VA for my mental health treatment so my regular visits would be probably documented. It probably helped that I started crying when talking to the mental health professional...

I did not give VA the results. My first and only in-person re-examination after being separated from the Army was done at a VA facility in July 2017. I never personally shared any evaluation documents between DOD and VA.

I was put on the TDRL with 50% DOD / 90% VA in September 2016. I was then reevaluated at VA in July 2017. I got my ratings bumped up to 70% DOD / 100% VA (not P&T) and put on the PDRL. I haven't been called to VA for an reevaluation since July 2017. Today, I got an unexpected letter...

September 2016: Put on TDRL. July 2017: First reevaluation. September 2017: Notified of VA increase from 90% to 100% (not P&T) November 20, 2017: Notified of IPEB findings recommending PDRL. DOD increase from 50% to 70%. November 29, 2017: Mailed in my concurrence with the IPEB findings...

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I'm trying to get unemployment from Virginia and I'm being told that I need to produce the award letters from both Veterans Affairs and the Army to show how much I get in retirement each month. I can't find the award letters, so how can I get them?

"Occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks, although generally functioning satisfactorily, with routine behavior, self-care, and conversation"

Symptoms --------------- For VA rating purposes. check all symptoms that actively apply to the veterans's diagnoses: - Anxiety - Panic attacks that occur weekly or less often - Chronic sleep impairment - Mild memory loss, such as forgetting names, directions or recent events - Flattened effect...

I have talked with four mental health providers about having suicidal ideations. That's why I am not allowed to have access to firearms. I don't see it being mentioned in the NARSUM or the Commander's Letter. There's some hints, but nothing that directly mentions it.