Jim Fausone
Veteran Disability Lawyer
We have written about this tactic before. The military brands a soldier with the tag or diagnosis of personality disorder and discharges him or her from the service. About 3000 troops a year are discharged this way. Why you may ask? Because the military considers personality disorder a pre-existing problem that emerges in youth, and as a result, troops given the diagnosis are often administratively discharged without medical pay or VA disability compensation.
The Army got caught swapping PTSD diagnosis for personality disability. A general officer admitted it was to avoid the VA compensation a soldier would receive over his lifetime if he had a PTSD diagnosis. Though it is impossible to know how many veterans are disputing their personality disorder discharges, Vietnam Veterans of America, an advocacy group, with help from the Yale veteran’s legal clinic, has sued the Defense Department seeking records they say will show that thousands of troops have been unfairly discharged for personality or adjustment disorder since 2001.
If you were discharged with "personality adjustment”, contact us about seeking compensation. Read more about this problem in a recent New York Times article about a 50 year old soldier’s recent improper diagnosis.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/25/us/a-military-diagnosis-personality-disorder-is-challenged.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
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Showing posts with label veteran PTSD claims. Show all posts
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Monday, February 27, 2012
Thursday, April 28, 2011
App for That
by Jim Fausone
Veteran Disability Lawyer
I knew it was coming. VA now has an app for that. It recently announced an app for PTSD. The government application for smart phones is called “PTSD Coach” and users can track their PTSD symptoms, links them with local sources of support, provides accurate information about PTSD, and teaches helpful individualized strategies for managing PTSD symptoms at any moment.
The free PTSD Coach app is now available for download from the iTunes store and will be available for Android devices by the end of the spring. I have written before on how VA is moving into social media and the importance of adopting technology to properly serve our veterans. Here is another tool and VA should be applauded for this new concept.
http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2080
To learn more or to contact a Veterans disability lawyer, Veterans disability attorney, Veterans lawyer, or Veterans attorney call 1.800.693.4800 or visit Legalhelpforveterans.com
Veteran Disability Lawyer
I knew it was coming. VA now has an app for that. It recently announced an app for PTSD. The government application for smart phones is called “PTSD Coach” and users can track their PTSD symptoms, links them with local sources of support, provides accurate information about PTSD, and teaches helpful individualized strategies for managing PTSD symptoms at any moment.
The free PTSD Coach app is now available for download from the iTunes store and will be available for Android devices by the end of the spring. I have written before on how VA is moving into social media and the importance of adopting technology to properly serve our veterans. Here is another tool and VA should be applauded for this new concept.
http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2080
To learn more or to contact a Veterans disability lawyer, Veterans disability attorney, Veterans lawyer, or Veterans attorney call 1.800.693.4800 or visit Legalhelpforveterans.com
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