Pattycake

Thank you so much for your help. Will definitely follow your advice.

Hello. Thanks for your reply. I was stationed at NAS Oceania from 1980 to 1984 and lived in the barracks with a roommate that smoked for the first two years I was there. I also worked at PSD and at that time it was still acceptable to smoke in doors. Because I worked customer service I was constantly being exposed to lots of viruses. I also had to walk to work in the cold due to not being able to drive at the time and the barracks had inadequate heating so it was always cold which mean I was always sick with a cold or allergies.

I have been diagnosed with asthma. I’ve been out of the military for 30 years. While serving on active duty I had persistent colds all the time and was told by my medical officer to just take over the counter meds because there was not much they could do. I was even told to use an otc inhaler when I complained of shortness of breath. So I don’t think anything was ever documented in my health records so now I’m having trouble proving service connection because I did what they told me. So my question is how do I prove something that I treated over the counter for years while on active duty?