Originally Posted by
Duffman
I have a friend who was in Fallujah and got diagnosed with PTSD. He went through some insane **** and any normal person would've responded the same way, but he worked through his issues the right way, which, unfortunately, left a paper trail. I passed along Rick's advice, he was upfront about his PTSD to the FAA, and he had to jump through rings of fire to prove he's completely recovered, but he was able to get his Class 1 medical. He's working on his 1500 hours now.
If it happened, you cannot hide that. I'm just saying that you shouldn't try to get a VA rating for anything of that nature if you want to fly.
For the VA, you have to play up the condition.
For the FAA, you have to play it down.
You can't do both (and stay out of prison).