Medical Marijuana legalized in Missouri for PTSD. Time to start parting my hair in the middle and wearing those doper dark glasses. I don't think we will actually see anything till 2020 maybe late 2019. All kidding aside there are several disabilities that a doctor can recommend it for including the following: What conditions qualify? Cancer; Epilepsy; … [Read more...] about Missouri Approves Medical Marijuana – PTSD included among treatable disabilities
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Veterans Suicide – An American Legion White Paper
Suicide prevention is a top priority of The American Legion. Deeply concerned about the number of military veterans who take their own lives at rates higher than that of the general population, the nation’s largest organization of wartime veterans established a Suicide Prevention Program under the supervision of its TBI/PTSD standing committee, which reports to the national … [Read more...] about Veterans Suicide – An American Legion White Paper
Your IME/IMO doc needs to supply VA with the information it needs, and not all non Veterans Affairs docs know the format for this…
Never lie, never exaggerate, just the facts. 1. That the examiner "reviewed your records". Leaving this off can result in a denial. 2. The IME examiner needs to be experienced and or trained in your issue. That is, a PHD in History, can not make a valid opinion as to the cause of your hearing loss, for examplel. Its best to have a CV of the doctor, showing his … [Read more...] about Your IME/IMO doc needs to supply VA with the information it needs, and not all non Veterans Affairs docs know the format for this…
VA Clears The Air On Doctors Talking To Veterans About Marijuana Use
Do you trust the VA to discuss medical marijuana? Many veterans don't, VA docs can't prescribe, they can, it says, discuss how it might interact with other medications or how it might effect pain management or PTSD symptoms. VA providers are still NOT permitted to refer veterans to state-approved medical marijuana programs, since the drug is illegal under federal law, with … [Read more...] about VA Clears The Air On Doctors Talking To Veterans About Marijuana Use
14 Questions about VA Disability Compensation Benefits Claims
When a Veteran starts considering whether or not to file a Veterans Affairs Disability Claim, there are a lot of questions that he or she tends to ask. Over the last 10 years, the following are the 14 most common basic questions I am asked about when it comes to filing Veterans Affairs Disability Claims. [Reprinted here with permission from Veterans Law Blog] 1. … [Read more...] about 14 Questions about VA Disability Compensation Benefits Claims
VA Asking Veterans to Return Benefit ‘Overpayments’
Keeping the bills paid, the kids feed and a thousand other things you have to worry about each month, the last thing you need is for your income to disappear and then be saddled by a huge debt. If VA overpaid you they have every right to inform you and work out a repayment plan, but they should not have the right to put a family in a desperate situation because of their … [Read more...] about VA Asking Veterans to Return Benefit ‘Overpayments’
A Veteran Wonders: How Will My PTSD Affect My Kids?
Brooke King writes an insightful article on the The Atlantic having kids and PTSD. I was never blessed with children of my own but I have had my nieces and nephews live with me on and off for years from the time they were little. Brooke talks about special rules in their family like "We don't scare Mommy", and "We don't play hide-and-seek" I can relate we had our rules "Don't … [Read more...] about A Veteran Wonders: How Will My PTSD Affect My Kids?
List By Symptom – VA Disability Compensation
In March 2020 the VA removed the DBQ's from their website. NVLSP.org has made them available to the public here See above, the links below currently are broken, since the VA removed the DBQ's Disability Benefits Questionnaire (DBQ) Veterans now have more control over the disability claims process. Veterans have the option of visiting a private health care provider instead … [Read more...] about List By Symptom – VA Disability Compensation
History of PTSD in Veterans: Civil War to DSM-5 » HadIt.com VA Disability Claims Veteran to Ve…
Exposure to traumatic experiences has always been a part of the human condition. Attacks by saber tooth tigers or twenty-first century terrorists have likely led to similar psychological responses in survivors of such violence. Literary accounts offer the first descriptions of what we now call posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). For example, authors including Homer (The … [Read more...] about History of PTSD in Veterans: Civil War to DSM-5 » HadIt.com VA Disability Claims Veteran to Ve…
From shell-shock to PTSD, a century of invisible war trauma
My first experience of PTSD was as a child watching the news. The news back then was short only about an hour of national and local news. The video coming back from Vietnam was horrifying and one night as the correspondent ran down the news in front of a group of soldiers, one soldier stood out to me, face smudged with dirt, uniform askew, smoking a cigarette his hands shaking … [Read more...] about From shell-shock to PTSD, a century of invisible war trauma
