First off, my deepest sympathies for what you are going through, both with your PTSD and the Veterans Affairs. Our men and women in uniform should not have to struggle and jump through years of hoops just to get insured and recieve some compensation. Their answer to you, that there was "negative evidence to show combat medal or ribbon" to prove you'd been in a combat situation, is despicable. Perhaps, if their beaucratic organization could actually keep track of all their permissions forms to grant permission to another permission form, they'd have not made that mistake. I'm not saying this to virtue signal to you or anyone. Our veterans are under attack socially, medically and financially. The unbeleielable amount of veterans dying per day is a direct result of medical "error" as they call it, or medical malpractice which is what I call it. I have just recently wrote an article that covers a bit of this(https://steemit.com/government/@freeman123/gun-control-or-everything-control) . 100,000 people die a year from this medical "error". We are all under attack, but especially our veterans. Because the "powers that shouldn't be" know what you(Mr. kokesh) and your brothers and sisters are capable of. And because, when push comes to shove, they know who's side you and your skill sets will be on. Again, I am so sorry for all that you are going through. My best wishes