jimbo1

thank you all for being here for all of us vets ,after fighting and all the stress ,the va made me 100% iu pt, thanks for all the help.

i was denied iu i am 70% for ptsd and 60% for my heart ,i have an appeal for my iu and also applied for an increase for my sleep apnea the va has me down as 50% nsc disabled for my sleep apnea, just had a c&p exam yesterday the examiner looked on her pc and told me her report would be that sleep apnea is caused by heart disease ,i am 90%sc now,also thanks to you guys i got imo for my heart and he sent his report saying i was totaly disabled due to my heart, and my va primary care doctor at my yearly physical wrote an addendum saying that i couldnt do any type of gainfull employment due to my heart condition, i am hopeing that i can atleast ge iu ,i havent been able to work since 06. any imput or advice ,that you vets can give me is great , just to know your not alone, i have hadit with the va math . thanks

im not sure myself ,but it sure cant hurt he is my primary care doctor.

i told my dav rep what he put on his pc and they have my power of attorney, and i have filled out all the paper work so they can get all my medical records, i do have a copy from the private cardiologist his assesment of me is, coronary artery disease ,cardiomyopathy,essential hypertension,hyperlipidemia,sleep apnea, and states over all it apears that i am totally and permantently disabled due to his cardiovascular disease

i have already put in for the heart increase, and for pad ive been to 2 c&p exams for the va i have 2 more which are may-26-09 and may-28-09, i talked to the va regional office today at the 1-800#and was told the decsesion on my iu appeal is set for oct-25-09, and i have already been to the social security doctor & mental health phyciatrist, waiting for them to get back to me, but how can the va have me rated at 100% with my nsc disabilites and 90% sc and not give me iu.

they said i could not do any physical work at all but i could do sendantary work,and i was a barber and was not working when i filed for iu, i wish i could work i would draw my 90%sc and cut hair ,but im not able,on my ptsd im 70%sc for that they said they know that it keeps me from keeping employment but i am not socialy impaired ,and that my high rateing in itself tells them that i am not able to keep employment,i did not show them where i was trying to find employment so i was being denied iu.thanks for everyones comments it does help when you know your not alone and other vets thats been there with there own battle gives you a boost ,by telling you what to try, thanks again

just had a heart cath done in feb 09 when i was hospitialized with a heart attack at the va ,my ef is 40,

just went today to an independant cardioligist, he did a stress and echocardiogram on my heart and wrote on record that i am p&t disabled due to my heart condition,will the va except that?the c&p doctor that the va has contracted out for my heart is a pain management doctor, i have seen him once already, the va sent me to bloomington hospitial they did a echo of my heart , then i went back to bloomington hospitial for a dopler of my legs ,and now the va wants me to come back to indianapolis va to have them do a dopler, and go back to the pain management doctor for his evaluations the pain management doctor is in terre haute indiana. im hopeing that with my primary care doctor at the va saying i cant do any kind of gainfull employment due to my sc heart condition , and the independant heart doctor writeing it out that i am p&t disabled ,will be enough for iu. thank,s

thanks ,i do have a appointment comeing up with a private doctor cardioligist, thanks again

non service connected sleep apnea doesent pay anything ,it works for them because they told me they have me rated as 100% with my sc and non service connected disabilities and granted me a non service connected pension,which i turned down, so see they are saying i am not able to work ,but are deniying me iu, it doesent make sense ,if i was able to work i would take the 90%sc pay and go to work but i am not able.i was granted ssi while i was in the hospitial, social security sent me a letter telling me i was going to receive ssi and then i got another letter saying i had to many assets to recetve ssi, i got a house truck and motorcycle and that got me denied,i hope you get more from this than i can , it just dont seem right, thanks

i know now why i was denied, because the va said i was able to do sedintary work, i just went to my va primary care doctor for my yearly physical and he put it on record that i can not do any type of gainfull employment due to my sc conditions, i am 90%sc now ,i had a 4 bypass open heart in 06, just had anouther heart attack feb 09 ,they did a heart cath and told me 1 of the bypass grafts had blocked and killed my heart where the artery went ,and cant be fixed, they also went into my legs and told me i have blockages and my vascular system looked like rotten bicycle inertubes, i have ptsd 70% sc and coronary heart disease 60%sc , they denied my sleep apnea as sc i have reaplied for that since i did the sleep study after my open heart surgery in 06 i was found to have sleep apnea and put on a cpap unit, they told me at the va regional office they have my sleep apnea rated as 50% nsc, and i have asked for a increase for my heart due to the damage from the artery that cant be fixed, and pad for my legs. thanks for reading

the main reason there saying i was denied was i was a barber when i had my bypass, in 06 and i quit working and havent looked for work, it says my cad is noted that it effects my ability to engage in physical employment,and no effect to engage in sedentary employment. it says the va physician noted that my ptsd causes me severe impairment in my ability to maintain employment, but i do not have total occupational and social impairment due to my ptsd .and at the end it says a high rating in itself is a recognition that the impairment makes it difficult to keep employment. i owned my barber shop, and sold it ,i cant stand up all day with my arms in the air , i went to barber college, but i only have a 9th grade education, and barber shops dont make you fill out applications, but since my last heart attack 8 weeks ago,i was in the va hospitial for 4 days and they did a heart cath and told me 1 of my grafts had blocked and killed my heart where the artery was and cant be fixed, and i also have blockages in my legs called pad .the va sent me this month to a c&p doctor and he also told me i have a surgical hernia from my chest to my belly button, i also have sleep apnea ,i would have thought my 70%sc ptsd would have been good enough for iu. and now i have light heart attacks 2 times a week the va told me i would eventully be on oxygen, thanks, and i hope theres something in here we can pick apart.