"Secret" PTSD review.It is with fear and trepidation trepidation /trep·i·da·tion/ (trep?i-da´shun) 1. tremor. 2. nervous anxiety and fear.trep´idant trep·i·da·tion n. 1. An involuntary trembling or quivering. that I write this letter. I am the daughter of a World War II veteran, now deceased. I watched as his decades of 100% disability rating were summarily ended without warning by a single visit to a VA physician. (It was regained a couple of years later.) I have spent 30 years assisting my husband, a Vietnam veteran This article is about veterans of the Vietnam War. For the French psychedelic musical group, see Vietnam Veterans. Vietnam veteran is a phrase used to describe someone who served in the armed forces of participating countries during the Vietnam War. , to secure treatment for the physical and mental wounds resulting from his service in that war. With your invaluable help he has been rated at 100% for the past 10 years by reason of physical disability and unemployability. For the veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), mental disorder that follows an occurrence of extreme psychological stress, such as that encountered in war or resulting from violence, childhood abuse, sexual abuse, or serious accident. (PTSD PTSD posttraumatic stress disorder. PTSD abbr. posttraumatic stress disorder Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ) or other service-connected disabilities, an attempt by the VA to proceed with secrecy to alter the way disability is decided and treated does not encourage their trust or diminish their fear. We have had communication from veterans and their families concerning a VA-ordered review of PTSD being conducted by the Institute of Medicine. (See page 5 in this issue of DAV See WebDAV. Magazine.) I believe the Institute of Medicine review of PTSD merits your prompt and public response. Name withheld by request. |
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