If photo is, in fact, him, then he has an argument. If not, he will just have to suck it up and move on. Many of us who served in VN (and many who serve in Korea) learned to live with it and most gradually worked their way out of it and moved on with our lives.
A whole generation did this after WWII.
True - they did. My grandfather had trouble sleeping after the war, so did my uncles, but they did indeed suck it up and get on with it.
The Vietnam vets I am privileged to know (very few, sadly) seem to have troubles as well, though most of them have happy and productive lives on the surface.
I’m actually wondering more if there wasn’t another round of “inject them with anti NBC potions” when he was on active. You remember GW1? Lots of strange, inexplicable and very long term illness in the US forces - the UK forces had none, and the ONLY difference was US forces got these injections.
I do know a small amount about PTSD - and daily vomiting is rarely a symptom. Not never, but vanishingly rare.
Anyway - if anyone can fully confirm that is him, or can confirm the story has validity (try telling me that on a board with a good 3/4 Vet population there isn’t a single person that can scope it out), I’d appreciate it.
It may not be PTSD. He might have gotten something into him that’s eating away at his nervous system or some such.
Remember how long and hard the VA fought to refuse to even acknowledge any issues stemming from Agent Orange exposure?
And the neurological issues that some of the veterans of Desert War 1 came home with?
Imo, PTSD is becoming one of those diagnosis tags thrown onto some folk after doctors simply get tired of trying to figure out what’s wrong. Not saying there’s not a real PTSD, but that PTSD has become so publicized, it’s an easy tag to hide lazy, stupid and/or mystified medical practitioners too.
Something’s wrong with the guy. But it doesn’t really sound like a psychological issue, so much.