SPC(P) Jay Heenan 411784 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>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 &#39;the same as PTSD, but without the stigma&#39;. It happens that that diagnosis is rated a lot lower than PTSD as well...<br /><br />&quot;...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...&quot;<br /><br />So what say you RP community, is America letting PTSD kill our troops?<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/01/08/infographic-is-america-letting-ptsd-kill-our-troops/">http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/01/08/infographic-is-america-letting-ptsd-kill-our-troops/</a> 2015-01-10T21:07:07-05:00 SPC(P) Jay Heenan 411784

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>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 &#39;the same as PTSD, but without the stigma&#39;. It happens that that diagnosis is rated a lot lower than PTSD as well...<br /><br />&quot;...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...&quot;<br /><br />So what say you RP community, is America letting PTSD kill our troops?<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/01/08/infographic-is-america-letting-ptsd-kill-our-troops/">http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/01/08/infographic-is-america-letting-ptsd-kill-our-troops/</a>

2015-01-10T21:07:07-05:00 2015-01-10T21:07:07-05:00 Capt Richard I P. 411899

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="106101" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/106101-spc-p-jay-heenan">SPC(P) Jay Heenan</a> intense article and info graphic, thanks for sharing it.

2015-01-10T22:26:19-05:00 2015-01-10T22:26:19-05:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 411966

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>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.

2015-01-10T23:02:25-05:00 2015-01-10T23:02:25-05:00 MAJ Private RallyPoint Member 1154472

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>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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