I got diagnosis of diabetes in AIT

[Deannnnn]

Hi I’m in AIT now and recently I got diagnosis of diabetes. And doctor said it’s EPTS and I can’t get any disability benefits cuz it’s not army fault. But I went through MEPS, they didn’t find any of this. Of course I didn’t know that I had diabetes. The reason why I went to clinic and checked my blood cuz I felt really tried during my leave and I had some symptoms about diabetes so I bought a device and checked blood myself. It wasn’t normal tho. that’s why I wanted to make sure with army doctor. I’ll be kicked out soon. So in this case, is it hard to get VA disability benefits?

Update————

thank u all for giving me good ideas. I’m active duty and on March 5th is gonna be 180days. 

Edited January 28, 2020 by Deannnnn

[GBArmy]

Agree; hope he does some good research, both for his health and for his claim. I hope he takes the advise, although, I would have to advise him to skip the lima beans reference! Whew! Must be an Alabama thing.

[Buck52]

Not sure on this  but if a VA or military Dr diagnose you for anything while in the military  it should  be a service connection disability, if you never had this Diabetes disease/or condition  before military.

It may be that you served more than 30 days in AIT after 62 days of basic training,,,that could fulfil the requirement needed to established service connection....or prove your Veteran status.

I never seen the VA TURN DOWN a Veteran for his healthcare as long as he has some discharge papers  other than Dishonorable  or his DD 214  WITH PIC ID and birth certificate 

Now to get compensation that's all together different from healthcare.

[Deannnnn]

6 hours ago, Vync said:

Welcome to Hadit!

Your Army doctor might be right, but he could be wrong. There are other avenues to service connection.

You said you were in AIT now, but recently got a diagnosis of diabetes. The Army doc said it was EPTS (existed prior to service). The only way he could come to that conclusion is if you either told him or it was noted on your entrance examination.

Was this the first time you have ever been diagnosed with diabetes? 

 

Hi thank you for replying. Yes it’s first time to check my diabetes. And doctor told me my diabetes has been in my blood for long time. I don’t know how he could tell that. He said he could check how my blood has been doing for 90days. And doctor told me that MEPS doesn’t check diabetes. 

[Deannnnn]

5 hours ago, Vync said:

@63Charlie I believe the 90 days on active duty may be a factor if applying for VA pension, not SC. I'm not certain if @Deannnnn is a member of the National Guard, Reserve, or active duty. I do not know if those requirements below apply to guard and reserve or all. If they get SC, pension requirements do not appear to apply.
https://www.benefits.va.gov/BENEFITS/benefits-summary/SummaryofVANationalGuardandReserve.pdf

From the bottom of page 3:

I found this, which tells you what to do to file a claim while still on active duty, but before discharge:

https://www.va.gov/disability/how-to-file-claim/when-to-file/pre-discharge-claim/

 

 

Thank you so much!! I’ll try this thanks again! 

[Deannnnn]

4 hours ago, Vync said:

@GBArmy I can see the VA trying to do that. Being that it is an endocrine disorder, that should make things interesting. A good medical opinion should suffice.

I won my aggravation claim via benefit of the doubt. They could not point to a specific causal factor other than it was normal at the start and became progressively worse during service.

 

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/diabetes/symptoms-causes/syc-20371444

A diet high in fat, calories, and cholesterol can increase risk of diabetes. Wonder what the Deannnn's diet was before joining the service vs. while in basic and AIT. I know I was Mr. skinny before getting in and I ate everything they put on my plate, even the lima beans. 

Other risk factors include family history, environmental factors, antibodies, race, age, weight, and ovary issues.

 

Hopefully this info will help Deannnn out.

 

Yeah I found out my mom has diabetes but I had a good body I run 2miles in 14 mins, 76 push-ups from APFT in BCT

[Vync]

Disregard the Army doctor telling you that it was EPTS. He doesn't make decisions regarding VA claims.

Those are very decent results from your APFT. Regular exercise is a very good way to fight diabetes.