Here’s something that will entertain you. VA longs to identify us HIV/HCV Vets and give us all the care we need to overcome or learn to live with this dragon. Holy shit, Batman. Wasn’t it just a short time ago I was hearing of Vets who came here telling me they finally got their VISTA records preparatory to filing a claim for their backs and discovered the dreaded news of HCV infection-in 2003? Yes. You read that correctly. I can’t count the number of you who have asked if it’s legal to surreptitiously test for it and then withhold the results for years. I investigated this last year and the law in my county (and state) requires any doctor who discovers you are HIV/HCV positive to notify the county health department pronto. I guess the VA didn’t get that fax.
This will have to either put you to sleep or get you so angry that sleep is out of the question. I call it propaganda – published for the entertainment of Senators and Congressmen/women who control the VA’s purse strings. It’s pure fiction but since when did that prevent them from blowing smoke? Ladies and gentlemen (and you are), I give you Queri- another alphabet agency/program guaranteed to solve global warming and help Vets be all they can be.
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If like most… the only mention of a positive test for HCV will be listed only in the lab reports ….no order for it…. VA started secretly testing in the late 1980s to get a gague on how many had it for VA’s own research… I smell class action folks:)
Do you know if they are required by law to inform the Vet when they (the VA) know he has it? I know they have to report it to countys, states, etc… but what about US?
Yes, they are required by law to tell you and I know vets that won tort claims based on it. I too, am adding it to the 1151 claim for Gary who died Feb 2 from HCC….
Could you explain this better as where to look and who is lead dog? A tort win isn’t easy here in Ca even with the truth at RO A cluster f**k will always deny.
Contact dick@geyervetlaw.com He will confim and help… tell him Tricia from HCVets sent you. Keep us posted.
You emailed me on your old site about this matter. You said it would be in my files at VAMC where I get my care. Horseshit? or just for wiggles and giggles?
VA is renowned for testing w/o asking and then not revealing the results. They noted on a Sept 1989 xray that there were signs of gastrointestinal problems on a grand scale. I collapsed in July 96 from Crohn’s. Thanks for the heads up, VA.
That’s how we found out…. lab reports when he first enterd the VA…
The link labeled “Propaganda” is broken, sir.
I’d love to read it as I also am one that the VA gave me a “Oh… by the way, did you know you have HCV?” when I was there for my hip.
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OOOps! Forgot to check my link after posting. All better.