Not sure I’d MDD with PTSD will qualify for

[Mr.Tito]

Hello group. My apologies if these questions has already asked to the group.
My questions are, if I’m service connected for MDD with PTSD, will this hurt my chance for CRSC? Since Depression is intertwined with PTSD and vice vesa, will the service connection have to only list PTSD? Will this affect my CRSC chance?
Heres my backstory: Looks likely ‘ll be medically retired soon from 3 deployments to the AFG/IRQ with combat traumas. The MEB office is currently writing my NARSUM. They said Behavioral Health granted a Service Connection for MDD with “some” PTSD. I started seeing B/H 2 years ago with a documented history of counseling, medications, hospitalization, Out-Patient care for PTSD.
Like most Soldiers, early on we learn, (Feelings & Trauma = bad). Telling ourselves, “Feelings lead to questions, questions they don’t want answered”, and “Expressing this Feeling/Trauma will force me out”.
This forced me not to seek help for 8 long years. Even after getting into treatment, I downplayed my trauma to multiple counselors, skirting around the issues, (Still concerned something “COULD” be used against me). After a year, I found a really great Provider, who opened me up and pulled my PTSD out.

 

[JMATTK]

The MDD and PTSD or MDD by itself or PTSD by itself matter less than having documented stresses from combat that led to the BH diagnosis. If you have a PH or CAB, it is a nearly automatic approval. However, if you were diagnosed based on something like repeated exposure to indirect fire, but no specific and quantifiable documentation then you face a not impossible but uphill battle for proving CRSC.

 

[cateyedsoldier]

RonG,
Do you have any suggestions on how to get it approved without the CAB or PH? I was denied PTSD due to no having it documented during combat. Bad part is that I saw behavioral health while deployed. I actually had to get clearance prior to deployment because I didn't know I had already been diagnosed with PTSD. It was made worst during the deployment.