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Med student did AIT and residency training in TX for NG in Minn in 99/00.

Ended up w/heat stroke and is dealing with residuals since then.

What steps to get SC conditions for this person? 

Where do I find medical records, personnel records etc..

She was pregnant when her unit was deployed to Iraq and they discharged her.

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I am very interested in this.  I currently am SC for residuals of a heat stroke.  They call mine PTSD though.  I know there have been other members of the service that have gotten SC for residuals of heat stroke.  Heat stroke residuals is hard to get as it does not fit into any category unless there is kidney damage or thrombosis.  May I ask what residuals they are experiencing?

long term effects of heat injury.pdf

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Kidney problems should be a solid claim.  Check out the VA letter.  Look for other issues like migraines.

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pwrslm,

If he was NG and at AIT, his unit and State HQ should have done an LOD (Line of Duty) for this.  He needs to submit that with a claim and and get service connected for it.  Then work on the increase and any/all of the secondaries that can be attributed to it.  

Service connection is most important.

Is he in the VA system already?

Vetquest,

Thanks for posting the letter. 

I was medevac'd in Iraq in 03' for a body temp of 105.8 degrees.  I was packed in ice and hospitalized for 4 days, and then returned to duty.

When I filled my initial claim with the VA, that was part of my claim regards gastroenteritis, which I had because of the heat stroke, but was denied.  As usual, I don't think I claimed it correctly.

When I file my next batch, I am going to file for heat exhaustion as that is what is on the medical records for that event.  And when I filled that first claim, I didn't not have the records I have now for that event.

Anyway, with that letter and my medical records, I should be able to get service connected for it, hopefully for more than a 0%, but I will take that for a start.  I know some short term memory loss and I do not tolerate the heat very well.  And the not tolerating heat is and has been in my medical records since 2004 to this day.

I will have to read my counseling notes from my VA OCD appointments and claim (denied) to see if my short term memory problem was claimed wrong and (s)could have been attributed to heat stroke. 

Thanks again,

Hamslice

 

 

“There is no hook my friend. There's only what we do.”  Doc Holiday 

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Hamslice,

Not to hijack this thread but here are a few dockets where benefits have been awarded due to heat injuries.  Yes, I have short term memory issues.  I am rated for migraines related to the heat stroke, PTSD, and neuropathy.

04-00 327 , 01-09 553

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I hate to sound like a broken record, but the decision maker for your claim will likely also check to see if you have met the caluza elements:

1.  Current diagnosis.

2.  In service event or aggravation.

3.  Nexus or doc opinion that one and 2 are related.  

Its very hard to go wrong if you check your records and make sure all 3 above are present.  Dont guess.  Read it.  

To get your records, you can try to get VA to get them for you, by appling and authorizing them to see and read your medical records.  

If VA can not/will not get your records (even when you cooperate), then you can contact the applicable medical facilities where you were treated and ask for them.  You can also maybe get them from NPRS. 

Unfortunately, some Veterans have (tried) to falsify their records, so VA kind of prefers to get them from NPRS themself, rather than have them sent to you and you send them to VA.  Of course, the VA cant just assume because you touched your records, you went throught and whited out stuff and changed them, making them fake.  

My suggestion is you simply apply for benefits, sign the applicable consent forms, then order a copy of your cfile and see if you think the records are accurate.  If they are inaccurate or incomplete, there are procedures for you to amend your records in https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/38/1.579

If stuff is missing, simply send vA a copy of the missing records.  

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