hypertension Got The Unofficial Answer

[calnight]

dav called today told me that I went from 50% to 70% and awarded iu. 70% effect date is in july and the iu effective date is in aug i well be appealing the effective date for the increase to 70%. so the dav says merry x-mas and alot bs after that and the only thing I said was when i see it in writing I will believe it got to go my kids need me an hung up.

I had doc appt with my va shrink today and also a full physical done blood work and so on. I was told I have hypertension blood pressure very high they put me on meds for it. my question is can the hypertension be secondery condition to my ptsd the doctor said I was very young to have hypertension.I will keep everyone posted on what happens next. not until I see it in writing do I believe the va or the dav.

[Alex]

Del –

Go ahead and get another doctor, if you can. Keep in mind that your first doctor’s opinion may not be in your claims file, still being in the VA’s computer system. There is no particular ethical problem about telling the second doctor what the first did.

Alex

[Stretch]

This is Dr. Boscarinos's page below. His opinions are very good. I have spoken, with Dr. Boscarino, and he is a very nice guy. I will look for his phone number. His phone number may be on this link page.

http://mailer.fsu.edu/~cfigley/vets/health.html

[Testvet]

get away from using the term CAD have your doctor write the fact that your hypertension and artherisclerosis are secondary to PTSD since both of those problems make the diagnosis of CAD and the studies refer to hypertension and artherisclerosis you have to stick to the sheet music, CAD is just an excuse for them to deny the claims get the doctors to write the two terms out and don't use the short cut of CAD I have the same problem

[Ricky]

I agree with Army. HANDOUTS!!!!! Just consider. A lot of people, to include some/most congress/politicians idiots think that vets should not be compensated for a disease like DMII, hypertension, CAD etc...... What they do not realize is that, while serving my 25 years I regularly had to consume rations that were loaded with calories, fat, sugar and God knows what else. I spent many a day worrying about if I was going to get shot, if I would ever see my kids again, fighting with the LT about operations etc....... All which took its toll on my old body and definitley lead to my SC conditons. Yep other people get them too, but as I it was their life style that caused their conditions. However, the difference between a vet and them is the vet did not have any control over his life style and they did. They were warm and safe at home and had the best medical care available. The poor vet had everthing dictated to them. They had to eat the fatty, greasy food just to keep going 20 hours a day for months on end. God bless the old medics who would give their life in order to provide the best medical care they could, but there is a definite difference in the old field doc referring to a military produced medical manual and the specialist down town that was available to these idiots. Yep I had my hand out for twenty five years but the only damn thing I was reaching for was a weapon to protect my punny butt while taking the fight to the enemy so they would not come on to our great shores and f---- up ole Jake the congressman or his family while they slept in a warm bed curled up next to their hunny bun (hunny bun = male or female). Next time someone tells you that a vet is just looking for a handout, reach out and smack the hell out of them and say, Yep, my hand is out.