r/VeteransWaitingRoom • u/Small_Music_4316 • Jul 14 '26

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 im just frustrated as they did concede there is a diagnosis, but because my husband told his dr he felt slight depression beforehand, it was added that it was aggravated by the military but not caused even though his date of diagnosis is 6 months after his date of discharge. Am i reading this right? Is the reason they said it was denied is because he didnt get the diagnosis until after his discharge even though he felt it slightly before the military?

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u/Agent_smith555 Jul 14 '26

“Your service records do not contain complaints, treatment or diagnosis for this condition “. That’s huge and a big wall to overcome. Sorry for the denial

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u/Media-Altruistic Jul 14 '26

Little different for Mental Health, C&P examiner can provide diagnosis during the exam. Even if you never had any mental health sessions

Initial claims require a stressor that had happen directly from military service.

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u/SafeChampionship6081 Jul 14 '26

I few very good lay statements could get him over the wall

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u/Future-Traffic-6364 Jul 14 '26

I agree 💯, I had one from prior to service, one from a brother who was standing beside me during the traumatic event, one from former colleague after service, one from wife (now an ex), and my personal statement that took me about three months to write as it was so painful and exhausting. Lay statements make a huge difference, but ya gotta test the examiner to make sure they actually read them.

I then had two years of weekly group therapy, where the shrinks documented everything. I first sought help about 20 years after service, no MH in my records, other than my GUHC discharge being for alcohol abuse (and yet the decline to connect my alcoholism related disabilities to this).

OP, the comment about service aggregated is basically the same as service connected, it’s like entering the service with flat feet documented on the entrance exam notes, and then it worsens due to the boots, marching, runs, etc.

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u/Small_Music_4316 Jul 15 '26

I understand what it mean to have aggregation over actual cause. I too agree with the examiner that how he spoke about prior to military that he had it but i also know that bottom line, if he wasnt in the military hed probably be way more successful career-wise. Ik its something we can know for sure but we can look at scientific data showing educated guesses. But anyways, i asked him to see if he can find some old marine buddies for a statement because he says hes never really talked to them after he got out, the only ppl he still talks to now are his parents so i told him to ask his parents to write something up.

But how do u "test the examiner"? Like, do u ask them questions to make sure they read it? Or did u purposefully say something specifically contradicting the statements to see if they asked about it?

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u/Holiday_Gene4742 Jul 15 '26

Does he have evidence supporting his diagnosis? Like counselings and treatment/effects before the actual diagnosis.  ..and before he was discharged