Okay, so I was diagnosed b/p in the Air Force. The condition does run in my family, however I had NEVER had any symptoms until I was sexually harrassed/assaulted by my superior. It started out as blinding migraines. I went to the dr for the headaches and she suspected something else was going on after I told her about my moods. I had my first (hypo in my opinion) manic episode while all this was going on. She referred me to a pdoc who then diagnosed me with b/p nos type 2. While reading about the disorder when I was first diagnosed, I found out that a major traumatic incident in your life can bring it to the surface. That reads to me that b/p can lay dormant until something happens to bring it out. Can any of you remember what brought on your first episode?

Believe me, I am not after a bunch of money. I lost all of my benefits, my gi bill, school loan repayments, everything. I got a measly 10 % disability for the migraines. What upsets me is that when this happened 6 years ago, I was a scared young girl, who had no idea what kind of havoc this would bring in my life forever. The man who assaulted me did get into trouble, but remained in the service. I was discharged, shoved out on my *** and lost all of my benefits. My life was so good before all of this, and now it is **** and full of regrets. I had no idea how bad this would be or I would have gone after them before. I am always broke because of all the money I sink into this disease. I just want them to help, since they played big part in all of those.
My question is, do I have a right to go after them for disability for this? In my discharge paper work I was discharged honorable and it says that this disorder was NOT preexisting and that it DID occur in the line of duty. Sounds like a slam dunk to me, but I am afraid they will bring up the fact that it runs in my family. What do you think? I just made a claim to up my disability for my migraines because that would help a little, but I don't know what will come of that.

THANKS for any and all responses!

By the way, I can get paperwork regarding the incident with my supervisor, but it will take time. It will show that all this occurred in the same time frame.