ORIGINAL: davidmil
Skewtir.... same thing happened to me when I got out. They said 10 on my leg and 20 on my hearing but would give me nothing. 33 years later I went to them to try and get some hearing aid help. They said not without us testing you. I had just the daybefore been tested by a doctor and had the results with me. If you look at the hearing test from 1973 and the new one they were identical. Nothing changed. This time VA said I was 50 percent. So for about33 years longer I should have been getting payments. They finally came through with a permanent disability for something that happened 33 years before. I tried to get back payments and they said NO DICE. Now witha couplelittle skin cancers, a growth on my backand the one on my eye and with elevated sugar they're running more test for diabetes caused from Agent Orange. That would put me at 100 percent automatically if the sugar levels stay up. I'm border line. My 90 day counts are way over the limit but everytime they testsugar I'm just under by a couple points.
Isn't that something??!!!...ya' gotta' love it![:'(][:'(] For your sake, I hope the best for your health since money can't replace that, however, I sure hope you're compensated for everything you're dealing with as a result of your service to our country!! Many folks don't understand or occasionally throw us a bone and figure that'll cover over all wounds, but the only thing that does is help them sleep at night...while we can't sleep because of the pain we endure on a daily/nightly basis. Saying that, I will say, I don't regret a moment of my service to our country!!
Anyway, I hope all works out for you and from one soldier to another, 'Drive On!!'
