Hello everyone, not sure if this is the most appropriate place to ask but I figured I might as well try and seek some knowledge and maybe someone can help me out or point me in the right direction.

I got out in November of 2019, just my 4 years within the MC. While I was in the service there were a ton of moments where I just didn’t want to live anymore, feeling depressed and alone and isolated myself from everyone. I guess spending my entire enlistment in Oki didn’t help either. I did not claim any mental health issues nor did I bring up any mental health issues when I was checking out from medical. I do remember telling a couple of my fellow Marine brothers while I was still in how I did feel, how depressed I felt and how I wanted to kms. It never got routed up to anyone higher and we just kept it between us.

Fast forward, I got my DD214, I filed an initial claim with my VSO in Oregon and got to 50%, but that was from injuries that were documented from my time in service, I.e. back, shoulders, ankle.

It’s been almost 3 years now and I’m still struggling. My mental health hasn’t gotten any better and it’s definitely been a factor in my day to day livelihood. Is it too late for me to try and get my mental health claimed? I do have an upcoming checkup with my VA doc coming up this month and I was planning on going to my VSO beforehand to see if they would have an answer to this question. I just figured I would ask here and see if anyone had any info. Thank you in advance.