Yer, but your fighting two different organizations there Sue. Military come under Veterans Affairs within their relevant country, and civilian come under disability... Both are as bad as each other, and both are there to protect the overall money pot of the countries citizens. I also completely agree that people who need help, aren't being supported. Some of this is coming from the sudden spike in PTSD and claims associated with it on a global scale.

If every claim was approved, each country would be broke, tied up in disability payments. I have friends here who did the same as me, and have been rejected for their PTSD claim based on they have other sustainable injuries that VA simply use to protect themselves and the public, by stateing its not the PTSD that is affecting them from working again, more the other injury. I believe all countries, both organizations, tie people up in this type of crap.

The way America is currently publicising PTSD, and diagnosing it, the already broke government would be a lot more broke if they approved all the claims. People who have PTSS are being diagnosed with PTSD, and whilst a doctor / physician says they have it, the organizations say they don't, causing a conflict of interest. This is where people end up doing the doctor shuffle, so they can try and get a doctor to say "NO", this person does not have PTSD, even if 10 other doctors said "THEY DO", the organizations take the one that says "NO".

It is bullshit, and some people fight it in court, but even that takes a couple of years generally. The red tape comes out when disability is mentioned, and I don't see it changing anytime soon.