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How would I prove that GERD and Insomnia are service-connected? I take drugs that I know are partially responsible for these problems. I take Etodolac and opiods and these drugs do irritate my gut and also the opiates keep me awake at night. When I file for ED I might as well file for the other conditions as well since the VA is billing my insurance for the drugs to treat the conditions. Just because I have other insurance the VA bills my insurance for just about everything even though I am 80% and TDIU. The VA even billed for my C&P exams for DMII. This pisses me off. I also should have been given a rating for the bilateral factor since I have polyneuropathy in all for limbs. This has caused me to fall and bust me head a few times and also to fall and hurt my rotator cuff. My feet get tangled up due in part to the narcotics I get from the VA and also the numbness in my feet. I don't want to go on some holy crusade but I get aggravated when the VA tries to shift the responsibility for my conditions to my insurance with I pay dearly for and earned for 20 years with the Post Office. I also suffer from depression and this is due in part to the narcotics I take. You know I had a service connected diagnosis of depression and the VA changed that to schizophrenia and made the depression NSC. There was no rational for that at all and the VAMC still lists bipolar disorder as one of my problems on the "Problems List" in my records.
I guess what really gets me is the cheapness of the VA and the fact they want to pay for as little as possible and never review my medical history. Never have they recognized any inferred claims even though they are as clear as day. I had to prove DMII even though I had fasting glucose of 169 and above and am a Vietnam vet. It is as if the VAMC is doing malpractice in not referring these conditions for consideration of service connection. I was given anti-biotics for a dental condition that the VA treated and they billed my insurance. Why not bill my insurance for the dental if they are going to bill for the drugs? If they are so willing to nickle and dime a IU vet what do they do to vets who are under 50%?
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