63Charlie Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 This is an old article but I find it relevant to my situation. https://www.mentalhelp.net/articles/why-the-va-doesn-t-want-to-diagnose-iraq-war-veterans-ptsd/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Manny2006 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 How the heck does my secondary clam push my 1st claim back that I was awarded years ago that I was trying to increase at the same time this go around? I was on step 5 three days ago and my claim is back to 3 today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Richard1954 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Well it is very hard for some veterans myself included to avoid using VA medical care. In my case, I have the need for many different medical devices, as well as a handicap van, wheelchair etc that I just cannot get elsewhere. ( No the VA did not buy me a van, but they paid for the conversion which all said and done was over $34,000 . ) So as I age, the VA treats me for many different issues, of which some become secondary issues to service connected issues. Trust me when I say I do not like the way the VA treats me all the time, tonight was a good example, I had a 4:00 appointment for a CT with contrast. I arrived at radiology at 3:30, was called into the x-ray room at 3:40 to be told I had to drink a bottle of solution wait an hour drink another bottle and then have an IV with contrast. I complained that they should have told me to arrive at three if they knew I was going to have to wait an hour before I could actually have the CT done. And the damn CT only literally took 5 minutes. What a waste of my time, and one guy even stuck me for the IV and missed my vain and had to call a nurse to do it on the other arm... this was a waste of another 30 minutes... I did not get home until 7:00. I do know that some VA doctors do not like to give statements for claim purposes, but they must by directive 2000-029 provide a statement if a veteran asks for it. In my experience most doctors will write a statement in the records. Charlie sorry you are having a hard time getting some issues resolved I know how that feels..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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