I'm still kind of new around here, but am learning a lot through everyone's experience.
I'm a young vet myself, and I wish I could have served longer than the couple of years that I did.
I went through a med board and was medically retired with 30% from the Army for asthma that occured during LOD (bad, bad case of pneumonia that I left untreated for too long while in the field). I didn't get rated for any other conidtions, but it was noted that my pes planus and allergic rhinitis occured during LOD. Other than asthma, I was never treated too much for the other conditions. I got some medications for the rhinitis, and motrin for the pain caused by the pes planus. I've been out since 2005. I never filed a claim before because I was still trying to jump through hoops to try to get reevaluated for them to let me back in. Seems like I've exhausted all options, and no dice. Not getting back in. I feel bad too, since I know a lot of the guys there filing claims are for combat related stuff these days.
I'm about to file my claim with the VA. I know it's probably something I should have done a long time ago. Based on your experiences, what do you think are my chances for getting a rating for those conditions?
How would I go about showing that other problems I'm having now are service connected? I haven't been diagnosed yet--I'm seeing a doc for it next week--but based on symptoms alone, I believe I have plantar faciitis and the beginning of arthritis in my knees.
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I'm still kind of new around here, but am learning a lot through everyone's experience.
I'm a young vet myself, and I wish I could have served longer than the couple of years that I did.
I went through a med board and was medically retired with 30% from the Army for asthma that occured during LOD (bad, bad case of pneumonia that I left untreated for too long while in the field). I didn't get rated for any other conidtions, but it was noted that my pes planus and allergic rhinitis occured during LOD. Other than asthma, I was never treated too much for the other conditions. I got some medications for the rhinitis, and motrin for the pain caused by the pes planus. I've been out since 2005. I never filed a claim before because I was still trying to jump through hoops to try to get reevaluated for them to let me back in. Seems like I've exhausted all options, and no dice. Not getting back in. I feel bad too, since I know a lot of the guys there filing claims are for combat related stuff these days.
I'm about to file my claim with the VA. I know it's probably something I should have done a long time ago. Based on your experiences, what do you think are my chances for getting a rating for those conditions?
How would I go about showing that other problems I'm having now are service connected? I haven't been diagnosed yet--I'm seeing a doc for it next week--but based on symptoms alone, I believe I have plantar faciitis and the beginning of arthritis in my knees.
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