My clinical social worker at the VA handed me the forms for filing a claim and states there is a person there 2 days a week that can help me file. The social worker tells me to just write down whatever I want to file for...

Should I take this direction or work with a VSO at Amvets etc?

I go next weekend for a 3 hour "intake" with the PTSR clinic. Im an OIF veteran 11B20.

Thanks for any advice or suggestions you can give-

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Welcome to PTSD Info and Links. You need to go through the VSO, AMVETS is a good one. Doing the filing on your own is a bad mistake.

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: intense memories of trauma that won't go away. Whether caused by the horrors of combat or other extreme trauma it lurks quietly in the background of ones day to day life. Some become so distressed by memories of the trauma that they begin to live their lives trying to avoid any reminders of what happened to them. This forum has a deliberately limited number of special purpose topic threads. The main PTSD Discussion thread is Open Topic Discussion. Please read the additional forum rules before posting and please post to existing threads.
http://forums.military.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/4230026980001/m/5600005090001

The best advice is to go to your local Regional Office and interview the various service organizations and find the best match. There are a wide variety of service organizations and some are more effective in some regional offices than others.