Tag Archives: Service Connection

DRY SHAVING

flipfarts Registered: 05/12/09 Posts: 19 07/31/09 #1 HELLO VETERANS I DESPERATELY NEED SOME HELP FROM OTHER VETERANS REGARDING “FORCED DRY SHAVING”. I WAS FORCED TO “DRY SHAVE” AS PUNISHMENT WHILE IN BOOT CAMP AT FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY. I WAS THERE … Continue reading

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hearing or not

stilwellrick Registered: 02/17/09 Posts: 8 04/27/10 #1 Hello, name here is Rick. Just got my Hep-C service connected,and rated at 10%. based on the letter from the comp/pension DR. I do believe I meet the criteria for at least 20% … Continue reading

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hep c

pmiller389 Registered: 04/13/09 Posts: 3 04/13/09 #1 I was in the navy 1967-71.Did not go two Vietnam.I was at a test center and did go out on carriers many times to test equipment, but never very far from USA.Have many … Continue reading

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Urgent Help Pending Letter

fgrouell Registered: 02/08/09 Posts: 5 02/13/09 #1 I was a corpsman with a service medical record entry for needle stick on a Hepatitis ward.My Hep C treatment of Interferon, Procrit, and Ribovarin led to multiple disorders during treatment including leg and … Continue reading

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Searching for Info?

Author Comment NOD Manager Registered: 11/22/08 Posts: 654 01/23/09 #1 12/10/08         #1 Dear Vets, we hope you find useful info on this site that can help you with your claim. If there is anything you need … Continue reading

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va hosp and hep c

Author Comment skunk Registered: 07/28/09 Posts: 2 07/30/09 #1 i found out in 2001 i had hep.c and at one time had hep b. around 1995 i had a series of g.i. tests done ,colonoscopy, endoscopy and several other tests.i … Continue reading

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Letter 3 arrives–Azeejensmom’s saga to SC

  These are part of the lost year. I’d get out of the hospital only to succumb to Peritonitis again… and again… and again… all the way through Thanksgiving. I came home o/a the first of December 09 but went … Continue reading

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Need adivise.. husband passed away..

This is part of the lost year for me in the VAMC trying to stay alive while the VAMC tried to kill me. MplsWidow Registered: 06/13/09 Posts: 2 06/13/09 #1 My husband was a Marine did boot camp at Paris Island … Continue reading

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Interferon/Ribavirin treatments linked to Cancer?

flipfarts Registered: 05/12/09 Posts: 19 05/12/09 #1 My HCV was discovered by mistake at VA hospital in 1994. Failed the 6 month 3 times a day injections of alpha interferon. Got talked into Interferon/Ribavirin injections in 2004. Almost killed me. … Continue reading

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DMII and PN conditions secondary to Hep-C

I include these messages for others to benefit from. I was in the Seattle VA  hospital for a year from 4/09 to 4/10 so I didn’t get to post very much due to illness/4 surgeries. AN chiefhouse00 Registered: 04/23/09 Posts: … Continue reading

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