You may be able to get disability benefits if you have symptoms related to a traumatic event the stressor or your experience with the stressor is related to the PTSD symptoms, and if the stressor happened during your service, can't function as well as you once did because of your symptoms, and a doctor has given you the diagnosis.
I feel I have PTSD, but not from a time related to the time I was serving.
If your stressor occurred outside of your service time, you do not meet all of the requirements to receive benefits from the VA.
I cannot function as well as I used to as a result of a major stressor due to a very negative life event.  Can I get benefits from the VA?