Asbestos exposure and Lung ailments

[sunnyh]

My mos was 62f20 heavy equipment operator

and I worked in a motor pool in the 70's.

One of my assigned  tasks was to make gaskets.

 

I made gaskets with sheets of asbestos by pounding

on the pliable and fibrous sheets against a part with a hammer.

That's how we made our gaskets in the 1970's.

Asbestos fibers flew around in the air that we breathed.

 

We had cleanup at the end of the day and swept the

mechanics bays. It was nothing to see a big cloud of dust

kicked up in the air. Asbestos fibers were surely in the air

we breathed.

 

We also used high pressure water to clean big pieces

of equipment that may have loosened more asbestos

fibers that we breathed.

 

We had no masks or ventilators or even Shop Vacs

that I can remember.

 

I have COPD and have had breathing tests at VA

and at other places.  I'm going to get an appointment with a top

pulmonary and sleep disorder doctor soon.

>I had to pay an old bill today to the medical group she is in

before they will give me an appointment.

 

Anyway, does anyone here on Hadit have service connection

for COPD? If so, how did you get service connected?

 

 

PS I'm not going to the doctor for sleep studies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 10, 2016 by sunnyh

[sunnyh]

Yes, I made an appointment with a doctor for october.

[Gastone]

VA or Private? If it's with a non VA Dr, take a copy of the Pulmonary Disease DBQ, so the Dr knows what the VA is looking for.

Good idea for you to familiarize yourself with whatever VA DBQ could come into play. Need to know what you have to prove.

Semper Fi