athletic heart syndrome

[Buck52]

  Foreign Medical Program (FMP)               and claims information, check this link out.

https://www.va.gov/COMMUNITYCARE/programs/veterans/fmp/index.asp

Edited September 23, 2018 by Buck52

[Carl the Engineer]

I was told by one of my docs a long time ago that I had "runners heart" as my left vertical muscle was enlarged.  I was not a long distance runner, but because I weighed 225 (my fighting weight, LOL) and ran 3 miles 3-4 times a week, that that could cause it.

I did not have the low heart rate either.

But I did get 30% for heart disease, secondary to 0% for high blood pressure.

I would claim heart disease and let the evidence find its way.  Submit all his med records, especially ECG's and any x-rays of the heart as evidence.  I had a x-ray of my thoracic back and it showed a larger than normal heart, and that is what started my secondary process.

I truly believe that if I would have claimed heart disease first, and not hypertension, I would have gotten the 30% earlier.

I think "Bronco" once told me not to be specific and paint the VA into a corner, and I agree, use a scatter shot and let them sort the evidence.

Once they do that, then do some fine tuning...

Hamslice

 

[Vync]

Regarding athletic heart syndrome, one thing to also take into consider is Cushing's disease or Cushing's syndrome.  When exercising, cortisol is produced. If this happens too much, it can lead to Cushing's sometime down the road.