I have not applied for CRSC. I have a VSO who is a shithead first class, so I am looking for a new VSO. I had a good AW2 rep who was going to help me but she ended up getting canned and her replacement doesn’t know a square from a circle.
I did my service and am proud and thankful for my opportunity to serve, but now that I am out I want to move on with my life and not have to constantly worry about my ratings being lowered because of some crappy C&P examiner. I have heard way too many horror stories of this happening.
Honestly, I am a little bit jaded by the VA. I have documented TBI and clear residuals that obviously impact my life. I have been through years of cognitive therapy and in the end the VA rated me 0% for TBI. I don’t feel entitled in any way, but it is disheartening that someone with razor bumps would get a higher rating than someone with s TBI. I just don’t want to be a part of a system like that. Leaving the military was a huge crush to me and I am still trying to swallow that. I am just suffering from extreme depression right now.
I have seen veterans on other sites coaching each other on how to appear worse off so they can get higher ratings and to me that kind of stuff is dishonest, which also makes me not want to be a part of the system. It seems like every veteran I come in contact with is spending their lives trying to pad their records so the VA won’t take away their compensation. I am the type of person who stresses out over stuff like that so it is best for me to avoid anything that makes me feel that way. I almost feel like you have to keep yourself sick in order to kee your compensation. I want to make the most of my life, so I don’t want to deal with that.
Ultimately I just don’t want to spend my life trying not to get lowered. I am not worried about the money, for me it is all principal. And yes, unfortunately I do get caught up in that. I have wonderful providers via Tricare on then civilian side.