this is a question for my brother. he spent 26 months in vietnam as a door gunner, crew chief, test cell operator stationed at marble mtn . he retired in 96 from usmc. his physical symptoms are . an in service heart attack, bad knees in service surgery, aortal aneuisms after service surgery. tinnitus , bladder cancer. very high blood pressure. all well documented . i finally convinced him to see a vso he applied today for above mentioned problems except the bladder cancer which he forgot about. he also has a bad case of ptsd but he don't want to talk to a shrink. i told him i would get some advice for him. should he hold up on ptsd claim until the other stuff gets resolved since he would have to start from scratch and may resist going to a va shrink. ps. he has combat aircrew wings and did all the" bad " stuff helo crews dealt with.
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this is a question for my brother. he spent 26 months in vietnam as a door gunner, crew chief, test cell operator stationed at marble mtn . he retired in 96 from usmc. his physical symptoms are . an in service heart attack, bad knees in service surgery, aortal aneuisms after service surgery. tinnitus , bladder cancer. very high blood pressure. all well documented . i finally convinced him to see a vso he applied today for above mentioned problems except the bladder cancer which he forgot about. he also has a bad case of ptsd but he don't want to talk to a shrink. i told him i would get some advice for him. should he hold up on ptsd claim until the other stuff gets resolved since he would have to start from scratch and may resist going to a va shrink. ps. he has combat aircrew wings and did all the" bad " stuff helo crews dealt with.
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