I'm a retired veteran with 20-years active duty service. While on active duty I was diagnosed with PTSD and Hypertension along with other service-connected disabilities.
11 years after my retirement, I had to undergo surgery to have 2 stents implanted (widow maker). I was recently talking with a friend recently and he said I should file a claim for my Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) and the fact I had to have 2 stents implanted as a result. This got me thinking and so I started doing some research to see if there are connections between PTSD and CHD. Sure enough I have run across a few articles on this.
I'm coming to you all for input as to if it would be a waste of time in putting a claim together or if I should put in a claim. I'm definitely leaning on putting a claim in however, I don't know what all I would need. I do have my medical records for the surgery, but how do I indicate that I believe this to be connected to my PTSD. Any input on this is very welcome.
While on active duty I also sustained a TBI from a 40mm HEDP grenade. This caused me to lose consciousness and eyesight for a few minutes. About 20 years later, I had a torn retina. There was no history of me having any other injuries to my head or eyes in between the time of the grenade concussion and when my retina tore. Just woke up one morning with it. Had to have surgery the same day to close the tear which now has left me with even more floaters. Now, in between the time of the grenade injury and through the many years, I do have a history of floaters being seen. My thought is that my retina took on a minor injury that over time got worse and eventually tore. Don't know how I prove this. I do see there is some information about a nexus letter. Any help on this is also appreciated.
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I'm a retired veteran with 20-years active duty service. While on active duty I was diagnosed with PTSD and Hypertension along with other service-connected disabilities.
11 years after my retirement, I had to undergo surgery to have 2 stents implanted (widow maker). I was recently talking with a friend recently and he said I should file a claim for my Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) and the fact I had to have 2 stents implanted as a result. This got me thinking and so I started doing some research to see if there are connections between PTSD and CHD. Sure enough I have run across a few articles on this.
I'm coming to you all for input as to if it would be a waste of time in putting a claim together or if I should put in a claim. I'm definitely leaning on putting a claim in however, I don't know what all I would need. I do have my medical records for the surgery, but how do I indicate that I believe this to be connected to my PTSD. Any input on this is very welcome.
While on active duty I also sustained a TBI from a 40mm HEDP grenade. This caused me to lose consciousness and eyesight for a few minutes. About 20 years later, I had a torn retina. There was no history of me having any other injuries to my head or eyes in between the time of the grenade concussion and when my retina tore. Just woke up one morning with it. Had to have surgery the same day to close the tear which now has left me with even more floaters. Now, in between the time of the grenade injury and through the many years, I do have a history of floaters being seen. My thought is that my retina took on a minor injury that over time got worse and eventually tore. Don't know how I prove this. I do see there is some information about a nexus letter. Any help on this is also appreciated.
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Top G What Broncovet is saying is you need those 3 things to win for a service connected disability. In my opinion, you need to get S-C for CHD as secondary to the HTN you are disabled for. You need a
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Concussions bruise optic nerves. I had one several weeks ago from a car accident and I still can’t get my glasses remade because my focal point has changed due to the concussion. May be permanent may
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