Earlier this month I went for a CT scan of the lungs to check for asbestos exposure and today I went to the doctor for a followup. The doctor showed me the report and on it states " the findings are consistent with very mild asbestos-related disease" and "there is no pleural thickening or true plaque formation". The impression states " mild pleural calcification as described above consistent with mild asbestos-related pleural disease and "there is no interstitial fibrosis". The doctor said that I had a mild case of asbestosis and to go back and see him in three months.
Back in 2002 I filed a claim for pulmonary fibrosis because the CT scan at the time stated that it showed pulmonary fibrosis. The claim was denied at that time. The claim was reopened last year by the VA when I asked for documents pertaining to the denied 2002 claim. I never requested that the claim be reopened. I have gone for VA C&P exams for other issues, but the VA decided not to send me for a C&P exam on the pulmonary fibrosis claim. I believe that the VA will make its decision based on the 2002 CT scan.
I sent the VA an IRIS request for an update on my claims and was told that it is at the rater for rating and decision.
Should I turn in the new evidence or wait to see if the VA denies the pulmonary fibrosis claim? The 2002 CT scan report makes no mention that it is related to asbestos exposure, while the new CT scan does. I don't want to delay the decisions on the other claims if I send the new evidence. Before I forget my Navy occupations BT and EN exposed me to asbestos. Thanks.
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Earlier this month I went for a CT scan of the lungs to check for asbestos exposure and today I went to the doctor for a followup. The doctor showed me the report and on it states " the findings are consistent with very mild asbestos-related disease" and "there is no pleural thickening or true plaque formation". The impression states " mild pleural calcification as described above consistent with mild asbestos-related pleural disease and "there is no interstitial fibrosis". The doctor said that I had a mild case of asbestosis and to go back and see him in three months.
Back in 2002 I filed a claim for pulmonary fibrosis because the CT scan at the time stated that it showed pulmonary fibrosis. The claim was denied at that time. The claim was reopened last year by the VA when I asked for documents pertaining to the denied 2002 claim. I never requested that the claim be reopened. I have gone for VA C&P exams for other issues, but the VA decided not to send me for a C&P exam on the pulmonary fibrosis claim. I believe that the VA will make its decision based on the 2002 CT scan.
I sent the VA an IRIS request for an update on my claims and was told that it is at the rater for rating and decision.
Should I turn in the new evidence or wait to see if the VA denies the pulmonary fibrosis claim? The 2002 CT scan report makes no mention that it is related to asbestos exposure, while the new CT scan does. I don't want to delay the decisions on the other claims if I send the new evidence. Before I forget my Navy occupations BT and EN exposed me to asbestos. Thanks.
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Although this is an older BVA decision ( they have many there related to asbestos) it can provide you with some rating and diagnostic code info and how they determine the percentages: http:
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