Athletes Foot

[ddj6969]

I am 0% for my athletes foot and have decided to go for an increase. I recieve treatment with medication about 5 or 6 times a year. I would think this would qualify as

"constant or near-constant systemic therapy such as corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive drugs required during the past 12-month period" according to the

ECFR.

My question is will this be a temporary increase and if so how long will the temporary increase last and how often will I have to visit the VA.

Thanks

[SLEDGE]

" My question is will this be a temporary increase and if so how long will the temporary increase last and how often will I have to visit the VA. "

That sounds like a question that only the VA can answer.

Question for ya.

Who decided it was just athlete's foot?

That's what the idiots told me my incurable rash was for 8 years until I sought a diagnosis from a private sector specialist.

It turned out to be a tropical disease that us northern folks had no resistance to.

A weeks worth of the proper medication and my skin peeled off revealing new skin much like that of a baby's bottom.

Hands, feet and 'other' places.

Anything that develops while serving in a distant land could be just about anything other than athlete's foot.

And the symptoms usually look the same.

They will never rate a bad rash to a high enough level to suit me.

I got rid of it and they can keep the money.

How much does your athlete's foot effect your life?

If it can't be cured, which unfortunately I believe is quite possible, you may need an extra-scheduler rating.

sledge

[ddj6969]

My private doc said it was athletes foot and the VA docs agreed. Maybe I should seek a specialists opinion as I have had it for about 12 years. I live with it in the summer but in the winter it is painful. My feet crack and the cracks hurt. What is an extra schedular rating?

[SLEDGE]

Extra-Scheduler?

Basically it stands for a rating that is not covered by the tried and true ratings schedule.

If athletes foot keeps you from working part or all of the time that would probably be considered unusual.

Unusual circumstances may require an unusual rating that is not covered by the schedule.

Extra-scheduler ratings might be hard to accomplish if the raters are having a bad year.

This is something that you have to ask for and be prepared to prove and fight for.

I'm curious as to why they can't give you better relief these days for what they are calling athletes foot?

Like I stated before, mine was only cured by a fresh doctor who took into consideration where I was stationed when the 'rash' first hit me, SEA.....

You could be looking at a metabolic malfunction instead of a parasitic invasion.

Or something as weird as Hanson's disease. (leprosy) Which always responds to simple antibiotics.

Without knowing anything more I believe you could benefit from a fresh face in the medical field of dermatology.

I was cured by a 'fresh from medical school' GP.

He has recently retired from a long and productive private practice treating fat folks.

I totally understand your misery.

Good luck.

sledge