Hello buckvet! I am going through the UA claims process as well. Oh those lovely people who are clueless about PTSD. Whenever someone looks down on me for having it, I get a running dialog in my head of stuff I would love to say to them depending on the situation. One time I needed to get to a doctors appointment and needed to take the bus. My disability bus card just expired that day and did not have correct change. So I asked the driver "I did not realise my bus card expired, do you mind helping out a veteran this one time?" the guy said "you need to put some money in the fair box or get off the bus". As I turned and left I felt like telling him "we did/do our jobs so people like you can do your job...I shouldn't have tried so hard". What an asp! I have issues with anger and it gets away from me sometimes...it gets me in trouble sometimes. May we both get our VA Comps approved soon. Sorry for rambling...welcome to the PC forums!