VA Mental Health Claims Beyond PTSD
Every Ratable Condition Veterans Miss
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About this book
PTSD gets most of the attention, but it is not the only mental health condition the VA rates. Depression, anxiety disorders, adjustment disorder, mental health conditions that overlap with TBI, and substance use that follows a service-connected condition can all be part of a claim. The VA rates a veteran's service-connected mental health conditions together as one rating based on the overall symptom picture, and this guide explains how that works, what evidence counts, and how to build a claim when you are not the PTSD veteran.
Inside this book
- 1Beyond PTSD: The Full Spectrum of Veteran Mental Health Conditions
- 2The VA Claims Process for Mental Health: Evidence Standards and What Actually Counts
- 3Anxiety Disorders in Veterans: Recognizing, Documenting, and Claiming
- 4Moral Injury: The Wound That Doesn't Have a DSM Code
- 5TBI and Mental Health: The Overlap Nobody Talks About
- 6Adjustment Disorder: The Gateway Diagnosis and What Comes After
- 7Substance Use and Mental Health: Secondary Conditions and How to Claim Them
- 8Working the VA Mental Health System When You Are Not the PTSD Veteran
The book points you to its free field guide, Filing a Mental Health Claim Beyond PTSD (a free download, no signup).
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Workbook · Coming soonThe Condition Log Pack
Free guideFiling a Depression Claim
Free guideFiling a Mental Health Claim Beyond PTSD
Free guideFiling an Anxiety Claim
Free worksheetBuddy Statement Pack
Free worksheetThe Frozen Record
Free worksheetThe Reason Underneath
Free worksheetTwo Week Record
Free worksheetVA Math Worksheet
Free worksheetWhich Door
J. Erickson
Author, educator, former veteran service officer.
J. Erickson is a service-disabled Air Force veteran. He served as a military firefighter and as a veteran service officer, where he spent years walking veterans through the same claims process he writes about now. He holds an MBA and writes plain-language guides for veterans who want to understand the system without a translator.
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