Good Afternoon Everyone!
I have a buddy that is trying to properly submit a claim for issues he has from Diabetes. The DAV was less than helpful for original claim and the VA denied his claim as “not service connected” without even doing a C&P exam. Basically this is his situation. He was diagnosed with a thyroid disease during his time in active duty service. The disease should be service connected because it is a result of a vaccine that the military no longer uses due to adverse thyroid effects. He received the vaccine in order to deploy to the Middle East in the 90’s. Anyway, the thyroid condition went relatively untreated and developed into full blown diabetes mellitus after he was honorably discharged from the Air Force. Because he cannot afford treatment, his diabetes has been terrible. He’s developed Osteomyelitis and had multiple diabetic lesions. These has eventually gotten so severe that he’s had several ER trips throughout the last 2 years and had 4 different amputation surgeries. He now only has 4 toes on one foot and has had all toes and half his foot removed from the other side. All of this could have been avoided if his claim was approved the first time. Anyway, how should he go about putting in a new claim? Basically would he have to ask for compensation for amputations secondary to diabetes secondary to the thyroid disease? And how would that be rated? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks y’all!
I have a buddy that is trying to properly submit a claim for issues he has from Diabetes. The DAV was less than helpful for original claim and the VA denied his claim as “not service connected” without even doing a C&P exam. Basically this is his situation. He was diagnosed with a thyroid disease during his time in active duty service. The disease should be service connected because it is a result of a vaccine that the military no longer uses due to adverse thyroid effects. He received the vaccine in order to deploy to the Middle East in the 90’s. Anyway, the thyroid condition went relatively untreated and developed into full blown diabetes mellitus after he was honorably discharged from the Air Force. Because he cannot afford treatment, his diabetes has been terrible. He’s developed Osteomyelitis and had multiple diabetic lesions. These has eventually gotten so severe that he’s had several ER trips throughout the last 2 years and had 4 different amputation surgeries. He now only has 4 toes on one foot and has had all toes and half his foot removed from the other side. All of this could have been avoided if his claim was approved the first time. Anyway, how should he go about putting in a new claim? Basically would he have to ask for compensation for amputations secondary to diabetes secondary to the thyroid disease? And how would that be rated? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks y’all!