Billyboy Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 When I was in the service I was exposed to Asbestos, I have filled a claim for Hypertension. Does any one have a link I can check out to see the affects Asbestos has on hypertension? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billyboy Posted March 23, 2007 Author Share Posted March 23, 2007 Just before my discharge, while in the pysc ward the gave me libirum, that will lower b/p. My readings when I got out were just below high b/p. My drs have been dead for 20-30 some years now, I called the hospital medical center and they informed me records were not kept after 10 years when the drs die. But I thank you for the thoughts, I have looked and looked but now, as you say, I think I’m up “ye old creek” but I keep plugging alone. bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder Pete53 Posted March 23, 2007 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted March 23, 2007 Billy: To have any chance at all in my opinion you will need an outside medical opinion that the Doc linkshigh blood pressure to thye time you were in service or that your exposure to asbestos caused it. The fact that you were given librum and it is in your records is going to help your claim. In my experience the VA Docs will not be much help to you. Good Luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder jbasser Posted March 24, 2007 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted March 24, 2007 (edited) Billyboy, Being SC for hypertension ( Direct) I was exposed to asbestos in removing it from ships and Subs during my Naval Career. I am not SC for asbestos but it should not be long. Hypertension is probally not secondary unless you can get a Doc to say so. This would be like having the following events take place. 1: Exposure to asbestos proven and the amount of asbestos length of Time of exposure. 2: Pulmonary disease (active) 3: Effects pulmonary diesase has on cardiolvascular system, Such as Cor pulmonale, and was it caused by the pulmonary disease actually caused by asbestos. Ships built in the 20s up to the end of WWII used mostly African Amosite Asbestos as the core for steam piping. This asbestos is a flaky gray fibers that could become airborne if the insulation was tore. The Lagging as it is called on the pipes was covered by a sheet of asbestos called Chrysotile. It was not as easy to get airborne exposure but it was the most beadly type since the fibers were larger. Any Vet who has had prolonged exposure to asbestos of airborne origin is in trouble. It can take up to 40 years for this dragon to start to shoot flames. There is a great deal of information about asbesto son ships on the web. You just have to get past the Attorney web sites. John Edited March 24, 2007 by jbasser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder allan Posted March 24, 2007 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted March 24, 2007 mesothelioma navy, navy asbestos Source: http://www.mesothelioma-navy.com/navyships.asp NAVY SHIPS The following are some of the navy ships on which our clients were exposed to asbestos dust. Some clients were exposed to asbestos while aboard ship and others during overhauls in various shipyards. During the initial construction and maintenance of these vessels, military and civilian personnel were exposed to numerous asbestos-containing insulation products. Even a brief exposure to asbestos in these settings can cause mesothelioma. USS Abbott USS Admiralty Islands USS Ajax USS America USS Apricornus USS Anzio USS Aranac USS Bache USS Beale USS Blue USS Calvert USS Capps USS Cavalier USS Constellation USS Constitution USS Coral Sea USS Cushing USS Darby USS Des Moines USS Dixie USS Douglas H. Fox USS Dwight D. Eisenhower USS Dyess USS Erben USS Essex USS Eversole USS Fanshaw Bay USS Farragut USS Forrestal USS Guardfish USS Hancock USS Herbert Thomas USS Higbee USS Homestead USS Hornet USS Huse USS Idaho USS Independence USS Iowa USS James C. Owen USS John F. Kennedy USS Juneau USS Kalinin Bay USS Kitty Hawk USS Kwajalein USS Latimer USS Lee Fox USS Lexington USS Liscome Bay USS Little Rock USS Maine USS Missouri USS New Jersey USS Noble USS Olmstead USS Oriscany USS Piedmont USS Puget Sound USS Prairie USS Princeton USS Ranger USS Rathburne USS Roark USS Saint Paul USS Salem USS Salt Lake City USS Sarasota USS Saratoga USS Severn USS Shangrila USS Shelton USS St. Croix USS T.E. Chandler USS Tarawa USS Terror USS The Sullivans USS Thuban USS Ticonderoga USS Turner Joy USS Twinning USS Waller USS Washington USS Wasp USS Wisconsin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder allan Posted March 24, 2007 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted March 24, 2007 SHIPYARDS Source: http://www.mesothelioma-navy.com/shipyards.asp Alabama Alaska California Connecticut District of Columbia Florida Hawaii Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Mississippi New Hampshire New Jersey New York Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Texas Virginia Washington The following are some of the naval shipyards at which our clients were exposed to asbestos dust. Some clients were exposed to asbestos while aboard ship and others during overhauls in various shipyards. During the initial construction and maintenance of these vessels, military and civilian personnel were exposed to numerous asbestos-containing insulation products. Even a brief exposure to asbestos in these settings can cause mesothelioma. Alabama Alabama Drydock & Shipping Co. (ADDSCO) Bender Shipbuilding Ingalls Shipyard Alaska Seward Ships Drydock (Seward) California Bethlehem Shipyard (San Francisco) Bethlehem Steel Shipyard (Terminal Island) Consolidated Shipyards Consolidated Steel Shipyard Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Kaiser Shipyard (Richmond) Long Beach Naval Shipyard Mare Island Naval Shipyard Moore Drydock NASSCO Shipyard National Shipyards Naval Repair Center (San Diego) Naval Weapons Station Pacific Ship Repair Richmond Shipyard (Kaiser) Rough & Ready Island Ship Repair San Diego Naval Shipyard San Francisco Drydock Southwest Marine Shipyard (Long Beach, San Diego) Terminal Island Naval Yard TODD - Alameda Naval Shipyard TODD Shipyards (Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, San Pedro) Triple A Machine Shop U.S. Naval Shipyard U.S. Naval Operating Base (Terminal Island) Vallejo Shipyard Western Shipyard Connecticut Electric Boat (Groton) Naval Submarine Base District of Columbia Washington Navy Yard Florida Atlantic Dry Dock Gulf Marine Repair Hendry Corporation Mayport Naval Station Offshore Shipbuilding, Inc. Pensacola Naval Air Station Tampa Bay Shipbuilding Hawaii Pearl Harbor Shipyard Louisiana Avondale Shipyard (Avondale Industries) Bollinger Shipyards Conrad Industries Maine Bath Iron Works Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Maryland Baltimore Marine Industries Bethlehem Shipbuilding Curtis Bay Coast Guard Yard Ellicott International Key Highway Shipyard Massachusetts Boston Navy Yard Charlestown Navy Yard Fore River Shipyard General Ship Corporation Michigan Defoe Shipbuilding Co. Mississippi Ingalls Shipbuilding Naval Station Pascaqoula Trinity Marine Group New Hampshire Portsmouth Naval Shipyard New Jersey New York Shipbuilding TODD Shipyard New York Brooklyn Navy Shipyard Caddell Drydock and Repair GMD Shipyard New York Shipbuilding Corp. TODD Shipyard (Brooklyn) Ohio American Shipbuilding Oregon Albina Engine & Machine Astoria Voyage Repair Station Cascade General Commercial Iron & Steel Shipyard Dyer Shipyard Floating Marine Ways Gunderson/FMC Shipyard Kaiser Shipyard (Portland) Northwest Marine Ironworks Oregon Shipyard (Kaiser) Portland Ship Repair Swan Island Shipyard Tongue Point Naval Shipyard Willamette Iron & Steel Zidell’s Shipyard Pennsylvania Penn Shipbuilding Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Sun Shipbuilding Rhode Island Newport Naval Yard South Carolina Braswell Services Group Carolina Shipping Company Charleston Naval Shipyard Detyen’s Shipyard Texas American Bridge Shipyard (Orange) AMFELS (Brownsville) Barbas Cut Docks Bloodworth Bond Shipyard Boats of Freeport Brown Shipyard Brown & Root Shipyard Galveston Docks Houston Shipyards Ingalls Shipbuilding Kane Shipbuilding MGM Marine Naval Station Ingleside Orange Shipbuilding Co. Pennsylvania Shipyard (Beaumont) Port Adams Shipyard Ta Chiao USA Inc. TDI-Halter TODD Shipyard (Houston) Trinity (Beaumont) USX Shipyard Virginia Collona’s Shipyard (Norfolk) Lyon Shipyard (Norfolk) Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek Newport News Shipyard Norfolk Naval Shipyard NORSHIPCO Phillyship Washington Bremerton Naval Shipyard Duwamish Shipyard (Seattle) Foss, Launch & Tug Kaiser Shipyard (Vancouver) Lake Union Drydock Lake Washington Lockheed Shipyard (Seattle) Masco Shipyard Naval Station Everett Puget Sound Bridge Yards Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Strategic Weapons Facility Tacoma Boat & Drydock TODD Shipyard (Seattle, Tacoma) Vancouver Shipyard (Kaiser) Voyage Repair Station Port Angeles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Objee Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Just before my discharge, while in the pysc ward the gave me libirum, that will lower b/p. My readings when I got out were just below high b/p. My drs have been dead for 20-30 some years now, I called the hospital medical center and they informed me records were not kept after 10 years when the drs die. But I thank you for the thoughts, I have looked and looked but now, as you say, I think I’m up “ye old creek” but I keep plugging alone. bill Bill, The only HBP I could find related to asbestos is pulmonary (highblood pressure within the heart itself). Here's the list of asbestos-related disease a leading asbestos specializing law firm offers: "The diseases for which asbestos exposure is a generally accepted cause are mesothelioma, asbestosis, small airway fibrosis, scarring, pleural plaques, pleural fibrosis, pleural effusion, and many lung cancers. Diseases for which asbestos exposure is not at this time generally accepted as the cause, include cancers of the kidney, GI tract and ovary. Each of these asbestos-related diseases can only be diagnosed through medical examinations and tests." However, excessive noise can cause HBP. If you were a snipe doing the tappet dance for hours on end on ALERT and others, this could create an SC cause for you. I was on EWING and all the buck and a quarters were fairly noisy. I also drove ALERT from SF to Petaluma (after she and I were both decomissioned) and if I recall correctly, she was not very quiet. Ralph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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When I was in the service I was exposed to Asbestos, I have filled a claim for Hypertension. Does any one have a link I can check out to see the affects Asbestos has on hypertension?
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