Service Conection

[schauba]

I was in iraq and suffered from chest pain and shortness of breath. When i went to sick call they treated me as muscle pain i told them that i think i have asmha. I am out of the military and i have asmha but they denied my service connection because of nothing in my medical records. What else can I do?

[Wings]

yes i have an id card. When i returned from iraq i was suffering from chest pain and i was going to the va and well you know the story they wasn't doing anything to help me other than give me meds. I finally got frustrated and went to a civilian doctor and just after one visit he was able to figure out what i had.

Did the civilian doctor give you Prozac for chest pains?

[schauba]

Did the civilian doctor give you Prozac for chest pains?

no he gave me some other kind of meds they diganosed me with some fancy word i can't even spell. Of course i tried to get it service connected but it was denied. I have in my medical records from the army saying that i have had chest pain. At the va they did two xray's for chest. The first one came back abnormal and when i did another one they said it was normal now.

[Wings]

no he gave me some other kind of meds they diganosed me with some fancy word i can't even spell. Of course i tried to get it service connected but it was denied. I have in my medical records from the army saying that i have had chest pain. At the va they did two xray's for chest. The first one came back abnormal and when i did another one they said it was normal now.

Yeah, Ok. Who prescribed the Prozac?

[schauba]

Yeah, Ok. Who prescribed the Prozac?

a civilian doctor

[schauba]

a civilian doctor

i use to go to the va all the time but they never really helped. The dav said if there not helping you go to a civilian doctor. That is what i have been doing any problem that i have i go to a civilian doctor.

[Guest Jim S.]

"if he had told the TRUTH to start with this conversation wouldn't even be happening, what part of that do you not understand,"

Just because he may have had asthma as a child and noted it on his induction physical, doesn't necessarily mean they would have found him disqualified. They would have more than likely put him on a stationary bike and had him peddle awhile to check out his physical capability. Also, like Wings stated, if it was going to be a problem, basic training would have certainly brought it out, which it did not seem to do. It wasn't until after he was in the extreme weather conditions of the Gulf to bring out his asthma.

I was approved for reenlistment, even after having been exposed to a hallucinogenic substance, believed to be LSD. I certainly wasn't expecting them to approve me, but they did, even when it was documented that I was proned to flashbacks during periods of sleep deprevation.

So I say, I will not be trying to second guess this person, by playing arm chair quarterback for the service and who they will and will not take into the service with whatever pre-exsisting problems.

By the way, If you want to see my re-enlistment request and approval, I would be willing to scan it and post it for proof as to what I have said about my re-enlistment qualification.

Jim S. :P