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Are all military medical records on file at the VA?
RichardZ posted a topic in How to's on filing a Claim,
I met with a VSO today at my VA Hospital who was very knowledgeable and very helpful. We decided I should submit a few new claims which we did. He told me that he didn't need copies of my military records that showed my sick call notations related to any of the claims. He said that the VA now has entire military medical record on file and would find the record(s) in their own file. It seemed odd to me as my service dates back to 1981 and spans 34 years through my retirement in 2015. It sure seemed to make more sense for me to give him copies of my military medical record pages that document the injuries as I'd already had them with me. He didn't want my copies. Anyone have any information on this. Much thanks in advance.-
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Caluza Triangle defines what is necessary for service connection
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Caluza Triangle – Caluza vs Brown defined what is necessary for service connection. See COVA– CALUZA V. BROWN–TOTAL RECALL
This has to be MEDICALLY Documented in your records:
Current Diagnosis. (No diagnosis, no Service Connection.)
In-Service Event or Aggravation.
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VA has gotten away with (mis) interpreting their ambigious, , vague regulations, then enforcing them willy nilly never in Veterans favor.
They justify all this to congress by calling themselves a "pro claimant Veteran friendly organization" who grants the benefit of the doubt to Veterans.
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About 80-90 percent of Veterans are initially denied by VA, pushing us into a massive backlog of appeals, or worse, sending impoverished Veterans "to the homeless streets" because when they cant work, they can not keep their home. I was one of those Veterans who they denied for a bogus reason: "Its been too long since military service". This is bogus because its not one of the criteria for service connection, but simply made up by VA. And, I was a homeless Vet, albeit a short time, mostly due to the kindness of strangers and friends.
Hadit would not be necessary if, indeed, VA gave Veterans the benefit of the doubt, and processed our claims efficiently and paid us promptly. The VA is broken.
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Welcome to hadit!
There are certain rules about community care reimbursement, and I have no idea if you met them or not. Try reading this:
https://www.va.gov/resources/getting-emergency-care-at-non-va-facilities/
However, (and I have no idea of knowing whether or not you would likely succeed) Im unsure of why you seem to be so adamant against getting an increase in disability compensation.
When I buy stuff, say at Kroger, or pay bills, I have never had anyone say, "Wait! Is this money from disability compensation, or did you earn it working at a regular job?" Not once. Thus, if you did get an increase, likely you would have no trouble paying this with the increase compensation.
However, there are many false rumors out there that suggest if you apply for an increase, the VA will reduce your benefits instead.
That rumor is false but I do hear people tell Veterans that a lot. There are strict rules VA has to reduce you and, NOT ONE of those rules have anything to do with applying for an increase.
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Unless you contacted the VA within 72 hours of your medical treatment, you may not be eligible for reimbursement, or at least that is how I read the link, I posted above. Here are SOME of the rules the VA must comply with in order to reduce your compensation benefits:
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PREPUBLICATION COPY-UNCORRECTED PROOFS
TABLE ES.1 Summary of Findings Regarding the Association Between Exposure to Fuels, Combustion Products,
Hydrazines, and Nitric Acid and Specific Health Outcomes
Sufficient Evidence of a Causal Relationship
Evidence is sufficient to conclude that there is a causal association between exposure to a
specific agent and a specific health outcome in humans. The evidence is supported by
experimental data and fulfills the guidelines for sufficient evidence of an association (below).
The evidence must be biologically plausible and satisfy several of the guidelines used to
assess causality, such as: strength of association, dose.response relationship, consistency of
association, and a temporal relationship.
o No conclusions
Sufficient Evidence of an Association
Evidence is sufficient to conclude that there is a positive association. That is, a consistent
positive association has been observed between exposure to a specific agent and a specific
health outcome in human studies in which chance and bias, including confounding, could be
ruled out with reasonable confidence. For example, several high-quality studies report
consistent positive associations, and the studies are sufficiently free of bias, including
adequate control for confounding.
Combustion products and lung cancer
22 GULF WAR AND HEALTH
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Limited/Suggestive Evidence of an Association
Evidence is suggestive of an association between exposure to a specific agent and a specific
health outcome, but the body of evidence is limited by the inability to rule out chance and
bias, including confounding, with confidence. For example, at least one high-quality study
reports a positive association that is sufficiently free of bias, including adequate control for
confounding. Other corroborating studies provide support for the association, but they were
not sufficiently free of bias, including confounding. Alternatively, several studies of lower
quality show consistent positive associations, and the results are probably not due to bias,
including confounding.
Cancers
Combustion products and
o Cancers of the nasal cavity and nasopharynx
o Cancers of the oral cavity and oropharynx
o Laryngeal cancer
o Bladder cancer
Hydrazines and lung cancer
Reproductive Effects
Combustion products and
o Low birthweight/intrauterine growth retardation and exposure during
pregnancy
o Preterm birth and exposure during pregnancy
Respiratory Effects
Combustion products and incident asthma
Inadequate/Insufficient Evidence
Evidence is of insufficient quantity, quality, or consistency to permit a conclusion regarding
the existence of an association between exposure to a specific agent and a specific health
outcome in humans.
Cancers
Fuels and
o Cancers of the oral cavity and oropharynx
o Cancers of the nasal cavity and nasopharynx
o Esophageal cancer
o Stomach cancer
o Colon cancer
o Rectal cancer
o Hepatic cancer
o Pancreatic cancer
o Laryngeal cancer
o Lung cancer
o Melanoma
o Nonmelanoma skin cancer
o Female breast cancer
o Male breast cancer
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o Female genital cancers (cervical, endometrial, uterine, and ovarian cancers)
o Prostatic cancer
o Testicular cancer
o Nervous system cancers
o Kidney cancer
o Bladder cancer
o Hodgkin.s disease
o Non-Hodgkin.s lymphoma
o Multiple myeloma
o Myelodysplastic syndromes
Combustion products and
o Esophageal cancer
o Stomach cancer
o Colon cancer
o Rectal cancer
o Hepatic cancer
o Pancreatic cancer
o Melanoma
o Female breast cancer
o Male breast cancer
o Female genital cancers (cervical, endometrial, uterine, and ovarian cancers)
o Prostatic cancer
o Testicular cancer
o Nervous system cancers
o Ocular melanoma
o Kidney cancer
o Non-Hodgkin.s lymphoma
o Hodgkin.s disease
o Multiple myeloma
o Leukemia
o Myelodysplastic syndromes
Hydrazines and
o Hematopoietic and lymphopoietic cancers
o Digestive tract cancers
o Pancreatic cancer
o Bladder cancer
o Kidney cancer
Nitric acid and:
o Stomach cancer
o Melanoma
o Lymphopoietic cancers
o Pancreatic cancer
o Laryngeal cancer
o Lung cancer
o Bladder cancer
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o Multiple myeloma
Reproductive Effects
Fuels and adverse reproductive or developmental outcomes (including infertility,
spontaneous abortion, childhood leukemia, CNS tumors, neuroblastoma, and
Prader-Willi syndrome)
Combustion products and
o Preterm births and exposure during any specific time period during
pregnancy (for example, the first trimester)
o Low birth weight and intrauterine growth retardation and exposure before
gestation or during any specific period during pregnancy (for example, the
first trimester)
o Specific birth defects, including cardiac effects, and exposure before
conception (maternal and paternal) or during early pregnancy (maternal)
o All childhood cancers identified, including acute lymphocytic leukemia,
leukemia, neuroblastoma, and brain cancer
Neurologic Effects
Fuels and
o Peripheral neuropathy
o Neurobehavioral effects
o Multiple Chemical Sensitivity symptoms
Combustion products and
o Neurobehavioral effects
o Posttraumatic stress disorder
o Nervous system subgroupings (or individual nervous system diseases)
o Multiple Chemical Sensitivity symptoms
Respiratory Effects
Fuels and
o Nonmalignant respiratory disease
o Chronic bronchitis
o Asthma
o Emphysema
Combustion products and:
o Chronic bronchitis (less than1 year of exposure)
o Emphysema
o Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Hydrazines and emphysema
Cardiovascular Effects:
Combustion products and ischemic heart disease or myocardial infarction (less
than 2 years of exposure)
Hydrazines and ischemic heart disease or myocardial infarction
Nitric acid and cardiovascular diseases
Dermal Effects:
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Fuels and dermatitis.irritant and allergic
Combustion products and dermatitis.irritant and allergic
Other Health Effects:
Fuels and sarcoidosis
Combustion products and sarcoidosis
Hydrazines and hepatic disease
Limited/Suggestive Evidence of No Association
Evidence is consistent in not showing a positive association between exposure to a specific
agent and a specific health outcome after exposure of any magnitude. A conclusion of no
association is inevitably limited to the conditions, magnitudes of exposure, and length of
observation in the available studies. The possibility of a very small increase in risk after
exposure studied cannot be excluded.
No conclusions
SOURCE: http://www1.va.gov/environagents/docs/Summ...Propellants.pdf
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