Wrong Dignosis Listed

[ronn]

In my initial claim for cancer of the throat ,VA sent me a notice saying they were considering my claim for lung cancer. A week later i get another one saying throat cancer. The decision came with no mention of lung cancer. Thought it might have been a mistake.

On my claim for increase , in two different places they mention a service connected miglignancy in your lung. They go on to say " No lung miligancy has been confirmed by the evidence of record."

A few weeks after I was hospitalised for stroke, this one doctor came ih and wanted to stick a needle through my chest into my lung to take a sample.

At first i said ok ! After laying there and thinking on it a while& seeing this long package & no sign of any antisedic, he walks in with 4 or 5 interns in tow. I told him he must be dreaming cuz no way was he sticking me wit that thing !

# 1 , I've never mentioned any lung cancer in a claim

#2. Two other VA doctors , when I ask a direct question, answered that I do not have lung cancer

Since it is mentioned in my claim decsion, I really don't know what to think.

Any thoughts on this? How do i correct this ?

[timetowinarace]

I'm not the best one to answer this but if it was me I'd be getting a full copy of my c-file to see where that information came from. Then go from there. Also a full copy of VA med records.

Time

[Berta]

Ronn-it might pay to have a real doctor review your med recs too-

It is probably nothing to be worried about- but then again

a VA Cardiologist told me that there was "nothing" wrong with my husband's heart when he was hospitaized at the Syracuse VAMC.

He died less than 2 years later from significant heart disease and other complications-all misdiagnosed by the VA-

When I began to decifer Rod's med recs it became quite obvious to me that this doctor and others had been covering up considerable prior malpractice from a different VA hospital-

and there was plenty wrong with my husband's heart

The VA did admit to causing his death-

but the fact remains that they could have diagnosed and treated him properly many years before he died.

The clinical evidence for 6 years clearly showed he had significant heart disease.

[ronn]

Guess that would be money well spent, with all the horrow stories I've read on the VA.

Ronn-it might pay to have a real doctor review your med recs too-

It is probably nothing to be worried about- but then again

a VA Cardiologist told me that there was "nothing" wrong with my husband's heart when he was hospitaized at the Syracuse VAMC.

He died less than 2 years later from significant heart disease and other complications-all misdiagnosed by the VA-

When I began to decifer Rod's med recs it became quite obvious to me that this doctor and others had been covering up considerable prior malpractice from a different VA hospital-

and there was plenty wrong with my husband's heart

The VA did admit to causing his death-

but the fact remains that they could have diagnosed and treated him properly many years before he died.

The clinical evidence for 6 years clearly showed he had significant heart disease.

[john999]

Ronn

With the wrong diangosis the VA will send you off on a wild goose chase that could last for years. It is a Red Herring. Do like Berta says and get a good medical opinion to fix it. The VA will even misinterpret your IMO sometimes. I don't know if it is malice or just gross incompetence on their part. If you start out with bad information then when, and if, you get to the appeals you are behind the eight ball.