ptsd rating

My GAF scores have fluctuated from a high of 80 to a low of 45. The GAF assigned by my c&p exam was 55. Does the VA use previous scores when rating or do they rely mainly on the c&p GAF score?
 
UniformedSoldier,

They had my Anxiety, PTSD, Depression, Insomnia, and OCD wrote up as separate conditions, but when the VA rates them they group those Mental Conditions together. I had a GAF of 58, and all my mental conditions were listed as severe, and the VA only rated them as 30%. The VA groups Mental Conditions. Good Luck.
 
Where do I get my records from my VA appt? Wondering what my GAF is from them
 
kiefer82 said:
UniformedSoldier,

They had my Anxiety, PTSD, Depression, Insomnia, and OCD wrote up as separate conditions, but when the VA rates them they group those Mental Conditions together. I had a GAF of 58, and all my mental conditions were listed as severe, and the VA only rated them as 30%. The VA groups Mental Conditions. Good Luck.
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Were you found unfit?
 
If the VA rat
pittpan2005 said:
General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders:

Total occupational and social impairment, due to such symptoms as:
gross impairment in thought processes or communication;
persistent delusions or hallucinations; grossly inappropriate
behavior; persistent danger of hurting self or others; intermittent
inability to perform activities of daily living (including maintenance
of minimal personal hygiene); disorientation to time or place; memory
loss for names of close relatives, own occupation, or own name .................... 100

Occupational and social impairment, with deficiencies in most areas,
such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood,
due to such symptoms as: suicidal ideation; obsessional rituals
which interfere with routine activities; speech intermittently illogical,
obscure, or irrelevant; near-continuous panic or depression affecting
the ability to function independently, appropriately and effectively;
impaired impulse control (such as unprovoked irritability with periods
of violence); spatial disorientation; neglect of personal appearance and
hygiene; difficulty in adapting to stressful circumstances (including
work or a worklike setting); inability to establish and maintain
effective relationships ........................................................................................ 70

Occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and
productivity due to such symptoms as: flattened affect; circumstantial,
circumlocutory, or stereotyped speech; panic attacks more than once
a week; difficulty in understanding complex commands; impairment
of short- and long-term memory (e.g., retention of only highly learned
material, forgetting to complete tasks); impaired judgment; impaired
abstract thinking; disturbances of motivation and mood; difficulty in
establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships ................ 50

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 normal), due to such symptoms
as: depressed mood, anxiety, suspiciousness, panic attacks (weekly or
less often), chronic sleep impairment, mild memory loss (such as
forgetting names, directions, recent events) ....................................................... 30

Occupational and social impairment due to mild or transient symptoms
which decrease work efficiency and ability to perform occupational
tasks only during periods of significant stress, or; symptoms controlled
by continuous medication .................................................................................. 10

A mental condition has been formally diagnosed, but symptoms are not
severe enough either to interfere with occupational and social
functioning or to require continuous medication.................................................. 0

I don't think "always" can ever be used within the DES.
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If the VA rated me 100% for PTSD does this mean the PEB will have the same percent or should I expect to get 50%?

Thanks!!!
 
A99 said:
If the VA rat
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If the VA rated me 100% for PTSD does this mean the PEB will have the same percent or should I expect to get 50%?

Thanks!!!
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Under the IDES, the PEB applies the VA rating (what the VA rated you) for your "unfitting" conditions. As long as PTSD is unfitting, they will apply the VA's rating.
 
pittpan2005 said:
Under the IDES, the PEB applies the VA rating (what the VA rated you) for your "unfitting" conditions. As long as PTSD is unfitting, they will apply the VA's rating.
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Really?! That's good news!!!!! Thanks!!!!
 
You get your VA exam results from your PEBLO. The DOD only rates you for your unfitting conditions. The VA always rates most things and they up the %s from the DOD. The Military always wants to low ball everything. At the end of the day those of us that are trully disabled get shafted, due to a dollar here and a dollar there. Once we are disabled, we are used goods. They figure if they just give us something we will go away. Get what you can out of them bud, cause if you dont, someone who is in better shape than us, will just take our money. God Bless.
 
If the board finds your PTSD fitting and do not add it to you Dod rating,

and the VA finds you at 50%

Occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and
productivity due to such symptoms as: flattened affect; circumstantial,
circumlocutory, or stereotyped speech; panic attacks more than once
a week; difficulty in understanding complex commands; impairment
of short- and long-term memory (e.g., retention of only highly learned
material, forgetting to complete tasks); impaired judgment; impaired
abstract thinking; disturbances of motivation and mood; difficulty in
establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships ................ 50

Wouldn't that show it is UNfitting? Can you do anything to get it added to your PDRL?
 
In most cases, MH conditions usually land you on the TDRL until they can determine that is stable.
 
UniformedSoldier said:
In most cases, MH conditions usually land you on the TDRL until they can determine that is stable.
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The formal said that both the Psychologist and psychiatrist did not do the proper paper work. So I was told 60% PDRL. Or go back for 6 months, get re-eval and proper paperwork, and get TDRL 75%. So I took my lawyer's advise and took the PDRL. Case my new Unit was treating me like crap and like I was a dirt bag, even though I had 15 ribbons and medals and always had firewall 5s. He told me to get my PTSD through the Va.
 
I was told by my attorney that still have to do therapy if I was discharged on tdrl for any mental dx. If I stop going through therapy they will stop paying, is this true? I don't want to have to keep doing therapy. I have been doing for a year now, nothing has really changed.
 
They might change your rating. As they will not have a record of how it is impacting your daily life or imply that you are well enough not to need it. Keep going. Think of it as a medical journal of how it impacts your life. I don't like going or talking about all the awful things over the years from the military. I compartmentalize, but it affects how I react and act. I sort of shut myself out. If nothing has changed, at least it will show them that nothing has changed. But hopefully it has helped in some way or at least prevent you from getting worse.
 
Does anyone know if there is a way to keep some form of Tricare once you get out of the reserves? I am 20% disabled from the VA and will be short of my 20 yrs. in service.
 
sapper211 said:
Does anyone know if there is a way to keep some form of Tricare once you get out of the reserves? I am 20% disabled from the VA and will be short of my 20 yrs. in service.
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You might want to start a new thread and ask, as not many will see your question here...
 
sapper211 said:
Does anyone know if there is a way to keep some form of Tricare once you get out of the reserves? I am 20% disabled from the VA and will be short of my 20 yrs. in service.
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Welcome to the PEB Forum! :)

Best Wishes!
AmyGallay said:
You might want to start a new thread and ask, as not many will see your question here...
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Good suggestion... ;)
 
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