Medical Records Have Arrived!

[ArmyDaughter]

So when I got home from work yesterday there were 3 large packages waiting for me! At first I was confused because I didn't recall ordering anything.....then I seen the return address! Wow....lot of information there!!

I made it through about 1/3 of the first package and wow! There are so many things I didn't even know my dad had gone through! Things he was diagnosed with that I had no idea...guess parents hide things like that from kids sometimes! Haven't found any EKG's yet, but did notice that he was on multiple cardiac meds. There is much more research to be done and I'm thankful that I am a nurse and have been in the medical field for years. These records are so jumbled, from 11/04 to 4/04 to 9/04....duplicates of records it's crazy! So my plan is this weekend to clear out my living room and lay everything out and get it in order!

Besides the EKG, Heart Attack, Stent Placement, is there any other key symptoms/medications they are looking for specifically??

Thanks

Leah

[Berta]

I briefly checked your past posts here:

"I told him all my dads medical info should be through the VA. Then I thought about when my dad filled for social security before be got his VA disability. He had an attorney, and not sure if she sent him to another physician or not!. Told the guy I was talking to that and he sai....."

Did your dad get SSDI solely for the heart disease?

If so does VA know that?

Something triggered the VA to send you the Nehmer letter and that could only be due to someone at VA seeing CAD or IHD in a past denied claim your dad had.

Something seems definitely wrong here.

Sorry if I alreadyasked this-do you have a vet rep?

[ArmyDaughter]

Good Morning!

So I had all intentions of bringing in dad's denial letter to work so I could scan it.......but it's Monday and it's laying on the coffee table :( I will get it scanned in tomorrow.

I do not have a vet rep, I met with one a few weeks ago before I got my decision letter back and he told me that he didn't even know that dependents were included in Nehmer (and that was after I explained to him what Nehmer was). So not so confident in his abilities to say the least.

I'm not sure that the heart disease was an issue with ssdi, I haven't made it that far into my records yet. I know he filed a claim for IHD in 2004 with the VA and was denied saying he had CHF, not IHD. The records I have been through to this point are very confusing, but did find the one doppler that stated IHD. And at that point there was no CHF diagnosis listed, that came later when he had the exam for the IHD claim.

I'm hoping to get through some more of his records this evening and I will get the Nehmer denial scanned in as well.

Thank you so much for your help :)

Leah

[Susan]

Leah,

I know what you mean with the VSO's not knowing some of the Nehmer information. There is a Nehmer Training Guide by Nvlsp.

http://www.nvlsp.org/images/2011.02.10%20Nehmer%20Training%20Guide.pdf

It can also be found in hadit forums under the VA training letter and resources as a pinned topic.

The information in it helped me alot. It showed the VSO's that I had a valid reason to keep filing as a surviving spouse.

The guide has diagnosis lists and alot of information. Including how spouses, children, parents and even the estate can receive the award.