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Pretty good article in veteranstoday.com. So, is America letting PTSD kill our troops? I found a part that really hit home for me as instead of diagnosing me with PTSD, I was diagnosed with depression with anxiety disorder (or something like that). I asked the VA head doctor and he said that this is a trend. It is being sold as 'the same as PTSD, but without the stigma'. It happens that that diagnosis is rated a lot lower than PTSD as well...
"...Oftentimes the VA misdiagnoses PTSD as a pre-existing personality disorder, or claims the symptoms are the result of an adjustment disorder, which is considered temporary and renders a veteran ineligible for disability benefits..."
So what say you RP community, is America letting PTSD kill our troops?
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/01/08/infographic-is-america-letting-ptsd-kill-our-troops/
"...Oftentimes the VA misdiagnoses PTSD as a pre-existing personality disorder, or claims the symptoms are the result of an adjustment disorder, which is considered temporary and renders a veteran ineligible for disability benefits..."
So what say you RP community, is America letting PTSD kill our troops?
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/01/08/infographic-is-america-letting-ptsd-kill-our-troops/
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I haven't been diagnosed with PTSD or whatever they want to call it but I do have the anxiety you speak of as well as periods of depression.
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SPC(P) Jay Heenan
CPT (Join to see), if it gets worse or those periods become more frequent, go and see someone sir!
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yes, I was given the anxiety disorder with five deployments! I finally got my PTSD diagnoses after fighting for it, being my own case managemener
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