Stressor Verification (powerpoint)
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VA Approved Internet Stressor
Verification
Sandra Covin / Trista Barnum
Fall Conference, 2009
Objectives
General Development Considerations
Identify Appropriate Stressor
Development
General and Local Development
Research
General Development
Considerations
Sensitive Nature of the Disorder
Reluctance to Discuss Stressful Event
Inability to Remember Details of Stressful Event
Only Absolutely Necessary Information
Requested
Avoid Triggering Stimuli
Stressor Development
No Evidence of Record to Support Claimed
Stressor
PTSD Development Letter
PTSD due to Combat Stressor
PTSD due to Personal Trauma
Service Department Records
Request for combat records
Request for personal trauma records
Local Stressor Research
• C&P Stressor Verification Databases
Compiled by Chicago VA Regional Office
Employee Over Several Years
Contain Official Military Documents Collected
from Publicly Available Sources
Documents Organized by C&P Service
What Resources Can Be Used?
Texas Tech University Database
Military Assistance Command (MACV)
Reports
Virtual VA
The Board of Veterans Appeals
PTSD Rating Job Aids
What Resources Can Be Used?
Transportation Histories from Fort Eustis
United States Air Force Class A
Aerospace Mishaps
US Navy Seabee Museum
The Dictionary of American Fighting
Ships
Gulf Link
Defense Link
What Is An Acceptable Website?
C&P will endorse information from any website
that is a military (.mil) or government (.gov)
site.
Other sites also have value, primarily as a
means to find “official” information.
Educational sites (.edu) like Texas Tech
University, which contain PDF file repositories
of official military documents and provide a
search function.
How Much Verification Is
Needed?
Case - by - Case
All Evidence Must be Weighed
“Credible Supporting Evidence” to
Corroborate the Occurrence of the
Claimed Stressor
Joint Services Records Research
Center (JSRRC)
Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard
Historical Information on Individual Units
Some Personnel Records Related to Stressful Events
Marine Corps
Marine Corps Archives
Summary of Findings Only
No Evaluation of Evidence, Opinions, Conclusions,
or Decisions
Joint Services Records Research
Center
JSRRC Cannot Verify:
Almost Happened
Civilian Involvement
Enemy Prisoner Treatment
Sniper Attacks
Convoy Travel
Door Gunner Duty
Scenario
Questions??????
Thank You!!!!!