Hello all,
I am service connected 20% for a digenerative right knee. So I put in a claim for:
*Seconday to right knee the left knee is now a problem: Denied said it was not SC I had an MRI a few months back showing cartilage is thinning arthritis and a torn meniscus
*Before entrance to boot camp the medical record states that my feet were abnormal applied for Pes Planus. In 2004 at the VA I was diagnose with Pes Planus: Denied not service connected.
*Boxers fracture constant pain and it's exacerbated when using a cane: %0
*Stomach issues vomiting and very bad chest, shoulder and back pain my entire enlistment. I sent off the medical records proving this was SC. Records show I hospitalized and still is until this day nothings changed major chest pain shoulder and back pain. in 2004 I was diagnosed with GERD at the VA: Applied in 2013 Denied not SC. Last month private doctor did an upper GI on me and I was diagnosed with a Hiatal Hernia.
* Depression and Anxiety: Denied not SC. Last week I was diagnosed with Depression and Anxiety and was told by the physiatrist to get a sleep study done and to see another physiatrist about PTSD
*Both shoulder are very bad I had surgery on the left one twice and need it on the right shoulder too. I did not think this could be from the military I was on the base boxing team: Denied Not service connected
Some of these things are years later, so am I SOL with trying to go on with these claims, even with in service documentation I'm still being denied with not SC or keep trying and to link other issues, or should I keep going to private doctors and submit all of my evidence at once? Thanks!