Hello World!
I am a 35 year, currently still serving, vet (USMC, Retired AFR and now USAR). I carry a current 30% rating for tinitus, knee surgery and some extra added hardware from airborne ops. I recently returned another deployment and brought back a couple of new SC diagnoses - PTSD and CAD/IHD. I'm on meds and in therapy at the VA for PTSD. While deployed I ended up being diagnozed with IHD/CAD with 80% blockage in the LAD and receiving two stents on New Years eve - in a Kuwaiti hospital. According to the cardiac docs, I'll be on blood thinners for the rest of my life. Yay me.
I'd be interested to get your thoughts on what I might be looking at, rating-wise, when I submit these additional claims to the VA. With the stents, I do feel better but according to my charts I was at 50% EJ prior to the cardiac cath. I'm wondering if having the stents will decrease any potential ratings increase.
Thanks for your thoughts,
Rigger