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My Ex Rays Show Scaring In My Lungs

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i have a question i have a pending claim with va and i asked a previous question about asbestos , the question i have now is now that i have ex rays showing scaring in my lungs what do i do with them now do i submit the ex rays as more proof or what ? need advice .

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no, the ex ray was performed at baptist hospital but it was read during my va exam and the doctor sent me directly to the er . and the er doctor told me and my wife while sitting in the va er that i have scaring in both lungs i have the films here at home where i guard them .

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although i want this to be over , we both know the out come of this thing and , i would be dishonest if i didnt tell you right here and now i am scared not of dieing but of this dragging on and my wife watching me die and the va jerking us around until i am on my death bed . and them denying me and her having to fight them when i am gone

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the reason it was read during my exam is the doctor at baptist had this look on his face , and my exam fell not long after so i took them with me and the doctor performing the exam got the same look and sent me to the er right then during the exam .

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the reason it was read during my exam is the doctor at baptist had this look on his face , and my exam fell not long after so i took them with me and the doctor performing the exam got the same look and sent me to the er right then during the exam .

So sorry about your ills. You have proof of your service connection, Yes?

Will the Doctor(s) be willing to write you a connection more likely than not. Of course, it would seem it should be obvious. I understand that they are still sitting on the abestoisis Trust. I just heard that recently somewhere.

Have you gone to the BVA/COVA site and searched the site for your disabiliity?

I wish I knew more to help you. Please keep asking and hopefully together we all can help in some way, even if just to support you and your wife.

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I too am so sorry for your bad news, don't give up hope as Xrays are only one cursory indication of the disease. There at CT scans and Nuclear scans which may indicate the progress and the extent.

I felt the same things when I had my extensive GI bleed and was hospialized in the Critical care section for a week, combining 90% liver failure, a Portosystemic shunt and The whole Kitchen table full of drugs. And with all that said I have almost total Heart blockage 80 to 90 %.

So I can understand your fears too, Next time around Im going to Canada.. Yeah right!

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