ptsd Got Acessed For 50% Ptsd Then A Year I Got Turned Down Fo Coggestive Heart Failure And Copd Because It Isnt Do To Service, What Now

[ironfaux]

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[ironfaux]

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btw my mos was 11b1p anf i was a door gunner

[luvHIM]

I'm working with a veteran who served in the Gulf War and has been hospitalized for Congestive Heart Failure, Hypertension, now Diabetes and COPD. He did have hypertension dx in service. But the other med issues just began about 18 mos-2 years ago. He is now on twice daily insulin injections for the Diabetes.

So, my question is: What was the reasoning the RO used to deny service connection other than the fact that it may not have been documented in your SMR's...or was it? Did you have symptoms in service?

I'm not sure you presented enough for an answer to your specific question. I'm not trying to answer you because I really don't know. I am interested in how the hadit.com elders respond. Hopefully, Berta will come along and answer this because I think she knows about these particular type conditions. But I'm curious too.

[Berta]

A claim like this needs -in my opinion- an independent medical opinion - to associate the inservice HBP readings and treatment with the present conditions.Is this factor noted on the discharge certificate ?

I dont see the original post on this vet -

this veteran needs a copy of his/her SMRs and a medical linkage between whatever the SMRs reveal and the present condition.

Also the vet should consider any other potential reason for some of these conditions-particularily the COPD- was there any exposure to any chemical in service that a IMO doctor could possibly find as a link to the present COPD?

The diabetes is presumptive to incountry Vietnam veterans but not to Persian Gulf War veterans-

SMRs have to be thoroughly poured over-

often they are poorly handwritten notes that take time to decifer-

it pays to have a medical symbol dictionary and medical reference books handy when someone does this-and

this is often best to have done by an IMO doctor-

Ironfaux-

if you have diabetes-(I am confused by these posts here)and I assume you were a door gunner (on helos?)and were an incountry Vietnam veteran-you should immediately file a claim for the diabetes and any complications you have from it- such as heart disease.

[luvHIM]

Thanks, Berta. The HBP is noted. In the case I am referring to the vet is under VA care and has been since 1992, along with private insurance. He is already service connected for the HBP and his knees. But the thing is when he got realy sick in late 2005 and mid 2006, the VA in Indiana and Illinois misdiagnosed him. He ended up at an ER and was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. He was transferred within 24 hours to the VAMC in Illinois and spent 14 days in the VA hospital. He ended up back again in 2006 for 8 days with the same issue, at which time he was diagnosed with Diabetes by the VAMC.

But none of these problems began until after he came back from the Gulf War. I don't have his medical records to really know what is written and we are conferencing by phone right now. He is the kind of guy that doesn't want to waste his time with a claim, if he doesn't have one. Some of his friends have been urging him to file a claim. So, he came to me. But I can't be sure if he has one or not.

As far as the original post from "ironfaux," I'm not sure what happened. I think it is presented in the thread title. Hopefully, he/she will return and provide more info.