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Please leave feedback...any.. Well i wen to the er when i was in service 2 times i had hives for weeks at a time. the records dont show anything except hives ... i want to know what i can claim from this if anything? i have bradycaridia my pulse is around 45. i have alerygies.

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Is your cardiac issues documented in your service medical records (SMRs)? If so, you need to start there....get that treated first...are you on meds for this?

I ask because I just had to have a pacemaker put in for sick sinus syndrome.

Do you have a copy of your complete SMRs? I hope so. If not, get them ASAP.

As for the hives.....were they related to your allergies? Did the docs ever come up with a reason for the hives? Hives usually just don't come out of nowhere. If there is a chronic condition causing the hives, then you might be able to claim the underlying condition....but if they are caused by a reaction to a med, or a soap, or something like that....then no.

But get those records!!!

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Is your cardiac issues documented in your service medical records (SMRs)? If so, you need to start there....get that treated first...are you on meds for this?

I ask because I just had to have a pacemaker put in for sick sinus syndrome.

Do you have a copy of your complete SMRs? I hope so. If not, get them ASAP.

As for the hives.....were they related to your allergies? Did the docs ever come up with a reason for the hives? Hives usually just don't come out of nowhere. If there is a chronic condition causing the hives, then you might be able to claim the underlying condition....but if they are caused by a reaction to a med, or a soap, or something like that....then no.

But get those records!!!

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well i have my smr in front of me..no i am not on meds for restpatory or my bradycaridia/. i had 2 docs diagnose me with bradycardia and my va doc just says ur healthy hahahaha....that why it low pulse 46 .....i am scared i am not active and have mutiable sc physical condtions...lol i was wondering what claim ...? u have allergies know and bradycardia.....i had those hives in servcie and not again mostly while in basic training and a.i.t.

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Do you work? Do you have medical insurance? You need to see a "real" cardiologist. The VA docs told me I only had heartburn!....for over 3 years (and I had previous heart procedures done). Well, I starting going into heart failure and had to have emergency surgery for the pacemaker.

Have your hives ever come back?

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Do you work? Do you have medical insurance? You need to see a "real" cardiologist. The VA docs told me I only had heartburn!....for over 3 years (and I had previous heart procedures done). Well, I starting going into heart failure and had to have emergency surgery for the pacemaker.

Have your hives ever come back?

i have medicare ..no i dont work...no my hives never came back full blown ..but some times i get mild ones but never enough to go to er or dr... i look at my record and my pulse at 18 and 19 years old when i was in service was 57 or so ..now i am 34 and its 45 or 46 ???? i am on ssa and va comp for back,siacticia,ankle, headaches from back....should i be worried or what should i clamim? lol i know va will say yes you had hives and treated in service but what am i claiming...

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Hives are an allergic reaction to something. You would need to prove that your service aggravated your allergic condition. jmo

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i have medicare ..no i dont work...no my hives never came back full blown ..but some times i get mild ones but never enough to go to er or dr... i look at my record and my pulse at 18 and 19 years old when i was in service was 57 or so ..now i am 34 and its 45 or 46 ???? i am on ssa and va comp for back,siacticia,ankle, headaches from back....should i be worried or what should i clamim? lol i know va will say yes you had hives and treated in service but what am i claiming...
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