My friend was in Vietnam and has heart problems and he had 90% blockage and they put a stent in.back in 97.Last year I told him to put a claim in for AO,he did but could not get his old records.The DAV told him to get another stress test so he did and get the results and send it in.He said the stent help with the blockage,will the DAV write to the doctor if they need anymore information.I know when you have heart problems it does not go away.The DAV said it will take awhile to get his claim process ,do you think he has a chance to get sc and a percentage for his claim
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My friend was in Vietnam and has heart problems and he had 90% blockage and they put a stent in.back in 97.Last year I told him to put a claim in for AO,he did but could not get his old records.The DAV told him to get another stress test so he did and get the results and send it in.He said the stent help with the blockage,will the DAV write to the doctor if they need anymore information.I know when you have heart problems it does not go away.The DAV said it will take awhile to get his claim process ,do you think he has a chance to get sc and a percentage for his claim
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I would be a dollar to a donut that he has developed other blockages since 1997! I believe he should get an angiogram to make sure how all the coronary arteries are doing. The new method of determi
john999
All he needs is some documentation that he was in Vietnam. His DD214 should have that documented. If he has a DX for CAD/IHD and set foot in Vietnam then he should be able to get connected. John
Berta
John is Right! He obviously has Ischemic heart disease from the AO. if he ever filed a past claim for anything, that was denied and yet the IHD was rated at that time, he might well have poten
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