Question About Eating Disorder Sc

[Guest crazy]

My SVO has informed me that the VA frowns on Non-purging Bulimia or compulsive overeating as a SC condition, secondary or otherwise without EXTREME evidence. I feel as though my Psychiactric Practitioners opinion should support such a claim as she has diagnosed this condition related (secondary) to my depression. Is there anyone out there that has had any experience with this situation. I would greatly appreciate input.

semper fi

Edited September 28, 2005 by crazy

[frosty69]

crasy

I have been trying for many years to get my compulsive overeating service connected, on account of being force fed in basic training, 5 minutes or less to eat, a meal eaten that fast, is not very healthy for a person. I also have tried to get it secondary to my PTSD, but keep getting denied, as the VA doesn't recognize it in their regulation, my Doctors feel it should be service connected to, and yes they are va doctors, but the va has their rules and that is what they go by, but I keep appealing, and will until I win or die, then wife will have to take over. there are a lot of private research on kids who eat their meals fast, develop poor eating habits for life, if I knew how, and could afford it, I feel their should be a class action suit, against the Military for their quick 5 minute meals in basic training, as i never ate fast before going into the army, but I do, yet to this day.

Les(In MN

[Guest Jim S.]

I'm with you Frosty69: Why is it that the VA gets to choose what part of an illness it chooses to allow for dissability purposes? It's like AO, PTSD, and others, it took a combined effort to get these SC for the VA to pay up.

Over eating is not something a person chooses to do, like the VA and others would imply, It's an excape mechanism and a feel good mechanism, no different than a alcoholic, a drug user, or a person who eats to little or purgess their food.

Do you realize that for some, the only difference between and overeater who's obese could be an overeater who purgeses and is Anorexic?

My bad eating habits started in boot Camp and were reinforced on board ship, Not everyone could fit in the galley during meal time, so it was eat fast and get out so someone else could sit down and eat.

Have you ever watched the movie "Major Pain" Their was a scene where he takes the beutiful co star out to dinner and they show the star wolfing down his meal, If you don't call that an eating disorder, then I don't how you can call starving yourself as one.

Jim S.

[Pete53]

Les:

I agree I eat to fast and I think I caught the habit in Army when they made us eat very fast and everything on the tray also.

Good luck on your claim

[Guest crazy]

i think that the key here is the reason behind the compulsion. my frustration comes from the fact that anorexia is recognized and when you tip the scales the other way it is considered 'willful misconduct'. i dont necessarily want a high rating, I would be happy with a 0% so that the va would not use being overweight as an excuse for not rating a secondary bi-lateral knee condition. the scales of justice would not recognize the fact that when you have a bad knee already and favor it while suffering through years of difficult work.....your other knee is bound to pay the price. the va c&p ortho guy seems to be injecting his prejudice against being overwieght into the exam rather than being fair and objective. I am not ignorant and realize that weight is a contributing factor, but were it not for the initial knee condition, my circumstances would be quite different. sorry about the rant....had to get that off my chest.

take care

rob