Erectile Disfunction

[rickzoo]

If you collect for disfuntion from diabeties, does bent organ at a later date entitle you to additional disability.

[jbasser]

No, unless you injured it in service.

[Berta]

Do you mean you get SMC K award now but wonder if that can be increased?

Erectle dysfunction can certainly be due to diabetes-

you used the right description-

the regs state " deformed penis"

I couldnt figure out what that meant years agao but a vet I know who gets the K said it means "bent" penis.

Not only diabetes but HBP ,other conditions and evcen medications can cause this.

But VA only makes one "K" award.

I cant tell if you get it already or not.

[rickzoo]

I thought it might change to a % award adding to my 70%. In short if 2 K awards =a % on top of my sc .

[Guest Vietnam Tanker]

No Rick, it just means your bent like a lot of us, the VA does not like to pay us Bent guy's

[simple fly]

i'm not going there...lord knows i want to....

[lu12]

If you collect for disfuntion from diabeties, does bent organ at a later date entitle you to additional disability.

rickzoo,

MDD,GA,PTSD can be related to ED; medications related to MHC and physical conditions may also be related to ED.

Not been able to have or achieve a full erection my cause this condition, and let me say it is really painful.

Years ago, clinicians refer to this matter as some kind of an organ fracture? others may be able to provide more information on tis subject.

Could the VHA provide a corrective surgery for this medical condition is my question?

Lu12

[Toposurveyor]

rickzoo,

There is the possibility that your "bent" member may be due to Peyronnie's Disease. I have a close and personal relationship with this problem. I am also sc'd for DMII. If you check some of the medical sites, they comment that it is "possibly" a side effect of DMII. However, the 2 NPs, a PA, and a MD, all from the VA, say that current thought on the cause of Peyronnie's is due to an accumulation of many small injuries.

There is a surgery available to correct a severe bend, and I am trying to have it done by a Urology speacialist at OHSU in Portland, Ore. The head Dr. at the Portland VAMC Urology Dept. has asked for outsourcing funds based on my service connection.

Apparently I can not receive SMC K as in their opinion, the ED is not related to my sc.

Hope this helps.

Ed

[Ricky]

I had a bent......guess I better stop there before someone bans me. hahahahaha

[buickx]

If you have been approved for ed due to diabetes, if you request it, they we give you four Vardenafil.(viagra) per month....

Edited June 27, 2008 by buickx (see edit history)

[ddown]

If you collect for disfuntion from diabeties, does bent organ at a later date entitle you to additional disability.

Just went through this additional payment for "loss of use of creative organ" but doesn't add percentage it's a separate category

[bm6546]

When I saw the VA Cardiologist 3 weeks ago she prescribed Viagra for my ED. I told her that the Vardenifil that the VA prescribed just did not work. She said that because I have been diagnosed with ED that she will go ahead and prescribe 100mg of Viagra. I am still waiting for the VA to send me the Viagra. I called over to her office and when she called me back she said that it was under "consult" and it will be awhile until it gets approved. I thought that once a VA doctor writes a prescription that the pharmacy processes the order and sends it to you. They didn't waste any time cancelling my order for Vardenifil, not that it is any big deal, seeing that it didn't work any way.

The same cardiologist approved my renewal for Plavix after the VA cancelled it. I got a letter from my private cardiologist and he said he wants me to stay on Plavix for 4 years (i've been taking it for 2 1/2 years). That would leave 1 1/2 years left. The VA cardiologist read the letter and said she would approve the Plavix for the full 4 years. Last week I received my Plavix and it was for 90 days with no refills. I called her back and she said that the Plavix refill was also under consult and it would be awhile before I would hear anything.

Is the VA playing games with me on my prescriptions? Is this something new that my prescriptions are under "consult"? I don't even know what that means and do I just sit hear and wait until someone, whoever is in charge of "consults", calls me. Oh... wait a minute, why should my prescriptions be any different than my claims that I have been waiting on for over 2 years....I guess I'll just sit hear and wait to hear from the VA on my prescriptions also. I'm getting good at waiting.

Anybody have this seem experience with their prescriptions being sent to the "consult" waiting room? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance as always...Brian

[simple fly]

if the va gives you 4 viagra per month, my wife wants to know what the other 3 are for??????

[bm6546]

if the va gives you 4 viagra per month, my wife wants to know what the other 3 are for??????

Actually the VA has not given me the Viagra yet. The doctor prescribed Viagra but they haven't approved it yet. I need more than 4, sometimes they work...sometimes they don't!!

[Guest Vietnam Tanker]

I was given the little blue pills years ago, I took all 4 at once and it still did not help. Then they wanted to do a stainless steel inplant, I am still unsure of that one.

[souldeliverer]

Are you able to choose the size of the implant?

I was given the little blue pills years ago, I took all 4 at once and it still did not help. Then they wanted to do a stainless steel inplant, I am still unsure of that one.

[Toposurveyor]

Here is an update on the "bent member" situation started by rickzoo. The head Uro;ogist of the Portlnd VA finally advfised me that there were no funds to outsource a surgery for Peyronnie's disease. However, there is an NP and a Dr. at the Spokane VA hospital that are willi9ng to discuss this with me. The call is in to them and I am waiting for a reply.

I suppose that I should start a new thread as it seems my involvement in his thread seems to hijack his. My apologies.

Ed

[Ricky]

When I saw the VA Cardiologist 3 weeks ago she prescribed Viagra for my ED. I told her that the Vardenifil that the VA prescribed just did not work. She said that because I have been diagnosed with ED that she will go ahead and prescribe 100mg of Viagra. I am still waiting for the VA to send me the Viagra. I called over to her office and when she called me back she said that it was under "consult" and it will be awhile until it gets approved. I thought that once a VA doctor writes a prescription that the pharmacy processes the order and sends it to you. They didn't waste any time cancelling my order for Vardenifil, not that it is any big deal, seeing that it didn't work any way.

The same cardiologist approved my renewal for Plavix after the VA cancelled it. I got a letter from my private cardiologist and he said he wants me to stay on Plavix for 4 years (i've been taking it for 2 1/2 years). That would leave 1 1/2 years left. The VA cardiologist read the letter and said she would approve the Plavix for the full 4 years. Last week I received my Plavix and it was for 90 days with no refills. I called her back and she said that the Plavix refill was also under consult and it would be awhile before I would hear anything.

Is the VA playing games with me on my prescriptions? Is this something new that my prescriptions are under "consult"? I don't even know what that means and do I just sit hear and wait until someone, whoever is in charge of "consults", calls me. Oh... wait a minute, why should my prescriptions be any different than my claims that I have been waiting on for over 2 years....I guess I'll just sit hear and wait to hear from the VA on my prescriptions also. I'm getting good at waiting.

Anybody have this seem experience with their prescriptions being sent to the "consult" waiting room? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance as always...Brian

Brian, maybe the consult had to be approved by the head guy, uh I mean cheif of cardio. Many heart patients have a problem with viagra especially those on some type of nitrates. The guys that take nitrates on the spot for angina normally handle the effects of the viagra much better than those who take daily long acting nitrates. The effects of the nitrates and viagra can be an have been deadly for many. Therefore, most staff cardio docs who prescribe viagra for heart patients normally have to have their recommendations staffed through the head guy...dang it I mean cheif of cardio hahahahahahaha just my opinion.

[danang_1969]

One of my prescriptions was changed my the VA pharmacy not long ago to a different medication (cheaper) and when you read the "do nots" on the meds they want to switch me to, it is not to be taken with some other medication I have on VA record that I am taking and that I that I presently receive through the VA. My family doctor wrote me a letter explaining as to why I did not need to change that medication and I sent the VA along with medication instruction printout about the danger of mixing the med they are pushing on me. Taking this med with the other meds and my other conditions is plainly forbidden on that med. It is still pending. Meanwhile I am paying through the nose for the med at the Walmart Pharmacy they had me on before they canceled it, back prior to the brainstorm they had to save money with the cheaper med and get a bonus I guess.

Edited August 1, 2008 by danang_1969 (see edit history)