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The essential feature of 100% ptsd tdiu (Post
traumatic Stress Disorder Unemployability due to service connected
disability) is the development of characteristic symptoms of stress
following exposure to an extreme traumatic stress or involving direct
personal experience of an actual or threatened death or injury, threat
to physical integrity; or witnessing events of death, injury, or a
threat; threat of death or injury experienced by a family member or any
other close associate. The person's response to the event must involve
intense fear, helplessness, or horror.
The characteristic symptoms
resulting from the exposure to the extreme trauma include persistent
re-experiencing of the traumatic event, persistent avoidance of stimuli
associated with the trauma and numbing of general responsiveness. For
further details on post traumatic stress disorder, read Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Traumatic events that
are experienced directly include, military combat, violent personal
assault, being kidnapped, being taken hostage, terrorist attack,
torture, incarceration as a prisoner of war or in a concentration camp,
being diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. For this purpose, the
U.S. Department for Veteran Affairs deals with PTSD giving stress
management techniques for stress relief. The Department of Veterans
Affairs Medical Centers provides a network of more than 100 specialized
programs for veterans with PTSD. Personal stress management requires you
to know the causes of stress, be it job stress or financial stress or
emotional stress.
The purpose of the specialized program is to
assist you in dealing with exposure to psychologically traumatic events
during military service that has resulted in post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD). The individual has persistent symptoms of anxiety or
increased arousal that were not present before the trauma. These
symptoms may include difficulty falling or staying asleep that may be
due to recurrent nightmares during which the traumatic event is relived,
hyper-vigilance, and exaggerated startle response.
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