u/Playwithuh

Got 100% P&T. Did only 4 years in Reserve, 25yo, no deployments. Had a weekend drill injury where I broke some bones. Lead to me needing to get out, triggered MDD/pre-existing PTSD. Had a mental health C&P and was rated 100% due to my symptoms and evidence of.

I feel like an imposter but my life is hell. Lost my jobs, my wife, no friends, no family. Literally all alone absolutey no support with known previous SI attempts.

About 10 days ago I received my discharge orders and I’m starting to look into the VA claims process, but I’m unfamiliar with how everything works and was hoping to get some guidance.

I served about 6 years in the Army Reserve and am being honorably discharged. I’m currently looking into claims for:

- Shoulder surgery/injury from repeated drill and training activity

- Back and leg issues from a ruck incident

- Tinnitus from repeated weapons exposure during IWQ/range weekends

- Mental health issues including poor sleep, exhaustion, migraines, anxiety/depression symptoms, irritability, isolation, and work difficulties from rotator cuff tear that command never helped me get a profile packet for. (I have emails of command being notified of injury and even sending up a packet to higher). Process kind of died out at command level.

I have supporting records including surgery documentation, drill schedules, telehealth visits, prescriptions, leadership statements, and a pending buddy statement. I also have a psychiatric evaluation coming up soon before separation.

I mainly wanted to ask what I should be filing for, what evidence I should focus on gathering, and how to best approach the process from the beginning.

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,