Jet Fuel Exposure And Contaminates

[steve&pat]

My husband is on here almost every day. He is 100% (since Dec. 1994), but called 80% and unemployable to make him receive 100%. He is called at the VA,: "one of them", which to me is intimidating and degrading and disrespectful to a person who served for his country and has not be able to do the "things" other his age can do since he got out of the service--- HEALTH INSURANCE HAS BEEN ONE WE could never get for him or our children since he got out in 1970.

I WANT HIM TO BE LISTED 100% WITHOUT BEING A "ONE OF THEM". We have claimed Agent Orange for years. Even though he has most of the things on the list, we get he was in Guam NOT VIETNAM!

I have his claim open again, and got the HAAS thing. So I am looking deeper into things. I wish I had found your Jet Fuel Exposure posts in 2006. Steve was considered the best Jet Mechanic in his squadron at the time. He was always a natural mechanic, and did major overhauls in Guam for 18 months he was there. Then he was stationed at Miramar NAS. I FOUND UNDER U.S. RADIATION SITES IN CALIFORNIA THAT #78 IS MIRAMAR NAS. IT SAYS CONTAMINATED SITE, NPL SITE, RAD WASTE BURIAL. Upon searching Agent Orange NAS Miramar came up! Steve and alot of other sailors ate their lunches at these contaminated sites everyday, and hiked many of these areas with everyone els, and they played with the desert fuana and the bugs (he was 19-20 years old, and still a kid at heart).

In Guam he was at the NAS in Agana, Guam (May 1967 to Nov. 1968). (The first month he was at Fleet weather central-- where he was sprayed a couple of times with DDT will they waited for the outdoor movie to start at the football field on base.)

His job at the NAS, he was attached to the power plants shop as a jet engine ground crew member whose positions were to wash, maintain (overhaul engines), and inspect aircrafts. The work area-- a test cell made off the edge of the Tarmac in a small enclave surrounded on tree sides by jungle which was sprayed back with defoliants (A.O.-- DDT????). It was used to protect them against malaria, and other insect borne diseases. This spot in the jungle was just North of their power plants building about 2-3 city blocks.

There were 3 of them who would set up and run the jet engines in their test cell on their "test rail". Their daily job was to rebuild the engines. They actually climbed right into these 26 foot long engines. Most of the damage was from birds flying right into them, shrapnel damage, or bullet hole damage from being shot in Vietnam. These engines were made so they could be fitted with wing tanks. I believe they were the planes that were spraying the Agent Orange on Vietnam. They would test run these J57 turbo jet F8 engines after they were finished doing the necessary repairs they needed. This included all the electrical and fuel lines, hydraulic pumps, did spray test patterns and cleaning on the 6 canister nozzle set up (in main part of engine), replacing all the carbon seals, stators, and vanes from the intake all the way back to the combustion chambers, prior to testing them by firing the after burner, and then canning them, and shipping them back to Vietnam. Steve said there was usually about a gallon of JP5 fuel in the fuel pumps that would get all over him when he removed it while repairing the engine, and it would peel the skin off his hands like a bad sun burn.

((Steve said the last month he was in Guam one of the 26 foot engines broke it's holdbacks when it went into after burner. It was shut down immediately, but it still "FLEW"--- it landed 12 feet in front of where the intake originally was. DOD investigated this case as a possible terrorist attempt, and sealed up the area for days. So THAT has to be soemwhere on the DOD records. It was later classified as an accident.))

Just recently we realized the carbon ash residue from the burnt fuel in the combustion chamber, back through the complete afterburner system (tail pipe)---- actually is carbon vanadium ash residue which when I see the health effects MAY BE THIS WITH THE DIOXINS OF GUAM AND MIRAMAR.

Since Steve was in Guam in 1967 to present ((((he just seen the local eye doctor today BECAUSE THE VA SENT HIM MORE EYE DROPS, INSTEAD OF THE SALVE THEY GAVE HIM FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS-- TOO EXPENSIVE NOW-- GIVE HIM DROPS INSTEAD!! The doctor gave him a prescription for salve today and it costed us $4.00))))) he has had sores, rashes, lesions, anal fistula, lumps, all over his face, neck, in ears and nose, arm pits, crotch (((VA says it was just teenage stuff, and claim they don't see it, so they have taken skin problems off as service connected). Our 6 year old granddaughter was born with the start of an eye sore. At 4 days old she was put on the same salve as grandpa. The doctor said he had never seen anything like it.

We are going to claim aspestos exposure too this time for the Med Cruise on the FDR in 1970 (the FDR had been in Vietnam just before the cruise Steve was on.), vanadium from jet engines, contamination on Guam.

If anyone can think of something more we can add, we would appreciate any good ideas, and or information, that we should put in. The 2 other sailors he worked with he believes were: ADJ 2nd class (?) Burt, and Airman Kent Davis.

Thanks, Steve and Pat

[rdnkjeeper]

Where is the information on Jet Fuel? I can't find it. I was a fueler in the military and played around with JP5 a lot, wasn't uncommon to be covered in it for a couple days while cleaning out a truck.

[steve&pat]

The VA has service connected AO in Guam , Okinawa, Johnston Atoll , Thailand (this was a RO award) and an Alaska vet (an AMC award)as well as many Korean vets whose claims fell under those specific regs.

I cant determined what disability your husband claims is due to AO.

Berta, Thanks for asking. Steve is rated for the following:

Glomerulonephritis with hypertension (previously evaluated under diagnostic code 7101)sc, Vietnam era, incurred 10% when he got out of service (called hypertension, then called hypertensive vascular disease) rated at 60%

NOTE The glomerulonephritis was not sc until 1976 after we fought almost 6 years for it-- then it was connected with the hypertension and rated it 30%. We finally won it because:The VA had an informal hearing presentation (I just NOTICED IT SAYS AUGUST 22,1978-- WE DIDN'T WIN UNTIL 1982 OR 1984??????, AND I KEPT TRYING AND TRYING AND TRYING TO GET IT CONNECTED, BUT THEY DID GO BACK TO 1976). Anyway it says: ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE CLIINICAL RECORDS THE VETERAN WAS SEEN IN JANUARY 1970 FOR COMPLAINTS OF LOW BACK PAIN. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS HISTORY NOR ANY HEAVY LIFTING INVOLVED THAT WOULD CAUSE THE BACK PAIIN. A NOTATION ON JANUARY 12, 1970 STATED THAT THE PAIN EXTENDED FROM L5-S1 AND AROUND ANTERIORLY ON THE LEFT SIDE. A URINALYSIS REPORT DATED JANUARY 12, 1970 NOTED 1-4 WHITE BLOOD COUT. IT IS THE CONTENTION OF THIS SERVICE THAT MANIFESTATIONS OF GLOMERULONEPHRITIS WERE INDICATED DURING MILITARY SERVICE AS EXCHIBITED BY THE VETERAN'S COMPLAINTS OF BACK PAIN FOR NO APPARENT REASON AND THE FACT THAT HE IS SERVICE CONNECTED FOR HYPERTENSION WHICH, IN THE OPINION OF HIS PRIVATE PHYSICIAN, IS RELATED TO THE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS.

Low back strain with lumbar disc disease, sc, incurred (he fell on the ship in Dec. 1969 in a play war game with the lights off). The VA took xrays AFTER he was out of service, and said his back was fine. In 1991 we got a VA worker to GIVE US THE XRAY to have it read. She did, but didn't put it was signed out. It showed the INJURY ON IT. We had 2 doctors read it, and the hospital MADE US A COPY TO KEEP. They said the VA would surely destroy it when they got it back. The VA then rated it in 1991 AS A LOW BACK STRAIN and gave him 10%. When I finally won it for the lumbar disc disease (in 1994), they rated it 40% back to 3/30/1992

Bilateral hearing loss was rated at 0% since he got out in 1970. They say he hears fine (NOT)!

Vasomotor rhinitis(rated 0 since 1970)

Maxillary sinusitis (rated 0 since 1970)

Scars, right hand (he had 3 fingers cut bad --either Miramar or ship (we never received much of his medical records for either place-- they said they were lost) 0% since 1970

Mass over second metacarpal, left hand sc from 1970 When we got married and went to California he had a massive lump on top of his hand-- the VA docs said it was a calicum deposit that was growing and pushing the bones in his hand around and that they might have to cut it out. They left him live with it and over the years it did go away

Contusion, left anterior tibia with residual numbness. This started with a fall and he had a large lump on his leg, and in about 1976 it too did go away.

With this claim open he was service connected for left leg weakness with parasthesis of 10% effective Feb. 21, 2007 (it still left him at the 80%)

NON SERVICE CONNECTED:

Nasal ulcer (on his rating decision of 2-2-71 (he got out Oct. 1, 1970)-- it says NSC VE NASAL ULCER)-- that SHOWS it was THERE within a year of getting out, but they still do not connect it.

Skin condition-- on this rating sheet it just said not found on last examination of 1-5-71-- on some VA papers it is listed as sc, and over the years it says not. Guam sick bay is listed as acne form break out

Gout-- this is not really gout --- the VA calls it chondrocalcinosis, under signs and symptoms this is described as: patients usually present with inflammation of one or more joints, hyperparathyroidism, hemochromatosis, hypophatemia and renal osteodystrophy are often also associated with chondrocalcinosis. In some cases, traumatic arthritis has resulted in chondrocalcinosis. In general, the white blood cell count is raised. Rarely, patients may also present with signs of carpal tunnel syndrome (HE HAS HAD DOUBLE CARPAL (FAILED--STEVE MADE ME PUT THAT IN) TUNNEL OPERATIONS BY THE VA MANY MANY YEARS AGO) This is a calcium pyrophosphate deposit disease (CPPD) is a rheumatologic disorder with varied clincal manifestations due to precipitation of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals in the connective tissues. Steve has outragously high uric acid readings when his toes were so swollen with these calcium deposits in his feet, and was on antibodics to reduce the toe swelling and allopurlinol for soooo many years.

Carpal tunnel syndrome, right (major) remains denied because we cannot prove it

Hypothyroidism is denied

I really have to go, and take our youngest to the doctor for her foot problems that they same are inherited from Steve's (altered dna)---THE VA SOOOO WANTED HER ABORTED, AND SAID WHAT COULD BE WRONG WITH HER COULD BE A CATASTROPE (I ASKED THEM TO EXPLAIN-- THEY WOULDN'T-- THEY WOULD SAY WE WILL NEVER PUT IT IN WRITING)-- SHE TURNED OUT TO BE A KEEPER--- SHE MADE NUMBER 3 DAUGHTER WITH SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA PLUS--SHE HAS A BRAIN THAT MIGHT "GET" THE VA SOMEDAY!!!!!!!!!!

I will finish this later, Steve and Pat

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rdnkjeeper,

JP3, JP4, and JP5 are all on this site. Allen has posted it many times. Us the Hadit search engine.