Mike Doellman

I've been on statins for years. After the IHD diagnosis two years ago they didn't do much of anything except increase my percentage. Oh, I did have to drive 120 miles (round trip) twice to see a doctor and have test done that were already done here (our facility wasn't VA-contracted or something -- the results of the testing sixty miles away were sent to the hospital here!). The VA hasn't done much except fiddle around, it seems to me. I've asked our local State Vet Rep (VERY GOOD one!) for an appointment. I'm going to move on this and see what happens. I've already been through two appeals, why not a third?

Woke up on Veterans' Day with my left arm numb. Figured I'd slept on it or something, but after a half hour and no change I did some Internet checking. Then I took a shower, dressed, and called an ambulance AFTER waking up my wife. Yup. Stroke. I had my right carotid artery (70-80% blocked) cleaned out on November 16 and I've been in recovery ever since. I'm currently 80%, the last increase being do to ischemic heart disease. My diabetes, and then the IHD, was AO connected (DMZ, Korea, 1969). Am I somehow eligible for an increase in disability? It seems to me that I should be. Or should I just file and hope or simply forget about it? Thanks.