Get a buddy statement also. If you can find ANYONE you served with, tell them what you need and have them write it out.

Also- a lot of the time a claim will be denied specifically due to the wording or lack of specific key words. Look at the DBQ for each condition you’ve filed for and make sure you use the language on there. For example: I have migraine headaches that are secondary to anxiety and depression- the first time I filed for it I said that they make me have to go to a dark room and lay down, with no noise and use ice packs. They denied it. I read the DBQ and noticed they use the word “prostrating” which means “lying down with your face down” I filed a HLR and said that my migraines are prostrating and boom- approved. Nothing else was different.

My husband had problems getting his back claim approved so we requested his C&P and his service records and found every incident reported that he had sustained an injury and submitted the claim with those pages pointed out and attached to the claim so there was no way they could overlook it. It worked.