Varicose Veins

[pwinger16301]

I recently got diagnosed with varicose veins and I am SC for HTN. Can I file a claim for varicose veins secondary to HTN?

[Navy04]

I am not for sure bud, but look under the conditions in the CFR regs. There are better experts on here, hope they chime in. Good luck and God Bless

[Buck52]

Well none of us are Dr's so you need to get a Dr's medical opine, to say if it is or if it isn't secondary to HTN

Or Research it.

Check out the conditions that could be secondary to HTN....

The key factor is to get a Medical Specialist to say it is, you need that anyway!

..................Buck

[TALON II FE]

Check these links at the bottom of this post for more info for you, it looks like it might be "connectable". BUT, Buck is right, it needs to come from a doc. I can say that I have varicose veins but do not have any diagnosis of hypertension. I do have a diagnosis of "venous reflux disease", which the second link calls "venous hypertension". But my blood pressure systematically is usually good (117-122 over 76-78 is my normal at rest with slow, deep breaths). They verified mine by using an ultrasound to listen to the blood flow thru the vessels.

Before getting laser ablation, if offered, here is my personal experience: The treatment requires injections every inch or two from knee to groin for local anesthetic and insulation to limit damage to surrounding tissue before the catheter for the laser is inserted. It is far from a "pain free" procedure. Post-treatment, it remains very painful for an extended period of time (I would rather have neck surgery again, for a comparison). My legs still hurt from a treatment a year ago and ANY dehydration causes intense cramping pains in my calves and my inner thighs since treatment). It is limiting for travel: you cannot fly for a minimum of 3 months and you also have to wear compression stockings and walk for 10 minutes of each hour driven. Failure to do this can form a clot and cause a stroke.

Treatment is not a permanent cure and is required about every year or two. For me, they burned my greater saphenous vein (the second largest in the leg) out completely from the knee up to where it branches from the femoral vein at the top of the thigh. Every day when I wake up, my left leg is swollen, especially just above my knee. I have had spontaneous bleeding on my right inner knee while trying to lift something doing yardwork. I have also had spinal surgery, so I am not supposed to lift with my back, but with this condition you are also not supposed to lift with your legs, so...I don't know what you are supposed to do!

That is all just from my personal experience and I am not sure I will go thru treatment again. I have it in both legs and they do them 1-2 months apart, so you loose a large part of the year before you have the ability to go anywhere without a huge inconvenience and risk involved. I may just take the hit to my life expectancy, rather than deal with the impact on my quality of life. That is a decision you will have to make for yourself or with your doctor, family, etc, figuring in other health concerns, your age and what is best for you. It is a bit ironic, because they called me this afternoon to schedule me to come in for a follow up...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3303599/

http://www.illinoisveinspecialists.com/vein-education/venous-hypertension-and-varicose-veins

http://www.nuvelaesthetica.com/VEINS_NEW/Vein-Disease.html

Edited June 19, 2015 by TALON II FE

[Pete53]

Good luck

[Mikemmlj]

What is HTN Service-Connection?

[USN_HM_VSR]

They do fall under the circulatory and possibly could be related. DBQ's don't list it as a secondary but doesn't mean your can get it as a 2nd with a MO. Any thing from AD related to vericose veins? Any GW service?