Jimme

I am service connected for A crushed right hand(it was surgically fixed per se), Ptsd, Diabetic, Back injury, right knee problems, tinitus, loss of hearing, shoulder pain(not diagnosed as bursitus or arthritus (0%). My Ptsd rating came 2 years ago, I now have sleep apnia and the DAV rep said he could not put that down for some reason as a service connected? I am on an CPap machine. TDIU from my understanding is only if I am unemployted, I have been demoted at me current job and I cannot make all the appointments the VA wants me to go to for more test and psychiatric treatment due to my current job situation, I have to pay me bills. Jimme

I have been suffereing from the muscle pains, joint aches, loss of memory, anxiety, loss of concentration,severe headaches (they call migraines),PTSD, violent outbursts, depression, and several other symptoms. I have been a victim of test for this and test for that with no confirmed illnesses. I have missed work, no called no showed work, taken all my vacation and sick time to go to VA Dr appointmets over the past years and yet I still have nothing specifically identifiably wrong. One VA Dr told me he could not do anything else for my pain because he did not know why I have it. I have been acused by other VA Dr's of "drug seeking". I am frustrated and like other know I am getting the run around. How can I get a Dr. to state that I have PGI or symptoms are related. I have been in the VA network since I retired in 1999. I went to Wright Pat AFB with these symptoms while on active duty in the range of 1994-1999. How do I get the VA or some Dr to acknowledge my illness is possibly related to my service time in the Desert Shield/storm? My concentration is so bad I try to read articles but they are all so confusing.