VA Benefits for Diabetes! | What You Need to Know
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- Опубликовано: 4 авг 2024
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0:00 Introduction
1:07 Basics of diabetes. (Type 1 Diabetes)
1:55 What is Type 2 Diabetes?
2:13 Does the VA give service-connected benefits for Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes?
2:56 How do you service connect diabetes to your time in service?
3:22 Can medications lead to Type 2 Diabetes? Is this true and can you get benefits for this?
5:33 Are there other disabilities or conditions that can stem from diabetes?
5:48 Can I get secondary service connection for other disabilities related to my diabetes?
7:33 What is peripheral neuropathy?
9:04 What evidence is helpful for a Diabetes VA claim?
9:26 Diabetes DBQ
9:41 How is Diabetes rated by the VA?
10:24 Can I get 100% VA disability for diabetes?
10:51 Do you have to be a hospital in-patient to receive higher VA benefits for diabetes?
11:41 What are common issues or problems with VA diabetes claims?
12:25 Proving Agent Orange exposure and diabetes
14:34 Different Ways to prove Agent Orange exposure (Blue Water Navy veterans, Korea veterans, Thailand veterans)
15:15 Are we experienced with Agent orange claims?
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Outstanding video! I am assisting a veteran with Type 2 diabetes, OSA, stroke, and this video is very helpful.
Sad part is I'm prediabetic and not sure if my records show that I was on various medications.
This is phenomenal information. Thanks for sharing your wisdom!
Great information, thanks. If you have Type 2 diabetes you can put in a claim as a secondary claim if you already have a service connected sleep apnea
I have sleep apnea right before I retired, and sometime after my retirement in between 2004 -2007 I got diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes.
Again, great information and insight. Thank you for sharing this great advice.
I love how the COO moderates each video!
YOU GUYS ARE A BLESSING. YOU’VE GIVEN MANY OF US VETERANS HOPE FOR AN INCREASE IN OUR DISABILITY. THIS VIDEO MADE ME TEAR UP. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR US🙏🏼
I've been waiting for a video covering Diabetes. Thank you.
Thank you so much. You guys are a Godsend
Very helpful, thanks 😊
Love your video...thanks
Great information. Thanks
I love the information that you provide! Lots more than the lawyer that I hired, she hasn’t done anything for me for the past two years, what can I do?
This has been very informative. I have a VA interview in a month to discuss a claim. I was in Vietnam 1965 - 1966. I now have some health problems I think are connected to agent orange.
I have diabetes and you guys are the best
THANK YOU LADIES ON THE DIABETES INFO. 🇺🇸👍🏻
I was diagnosed with REACTIVE HYPOGLYCEMIA in service, which can only be diagnosed via a 3 - 5 hr GTT. My blood sugars dropped into the 30s after drinking the glucose. Basically my pancreas puts out too much insulin if I eat too many carbs, which in turn bottoms me out. Claimed it when I retired and they denied it. They only gave me the standard A1C bloodwork which wont detect it. Have a current diagnosis and they still keep denying. What are your thoughts on a CUE claim for this? I should have gotten 10%, 21 yrs ago as I have to regulate my diet and it causes me all kinds of issues. Thank you.
So I’ve been showing symptoms and my A1C is on the border line or pre diabetes and full blown. I developed that about 9 years into my service. Would I be able to claim that?
Hi.. How about water contamination in Camp Lejeune and NWS Yorktown, Virginia?
Any info on what issues have and can come up when as a US Navy sailor (Aircraft Carrier for 4 years, Jet Mech) when the freshwater system contains JP5 jet fuel in which we hand to take showers in and drink? Even the use of MEK, liquid freon and etc.
I became a diabetic from the anthrax vaccine I received before I was sent to Korea in 1986
I went 2 1/2 years undiagnosed.
I'm 100% now.🙏🙏🙏
I have been out since 1999 and I have hypertension that was service connected since exiting the military. I started taking insulin to lower my A1c from my heart doctor. I also take heart and cholesterol meds. I did have an heart attack with a stent implanted. What or can I do anything?
can you talk about atorvastatin and is it a med that can cause diabetic issues in people? also, i suffer with high a1c numbers, and Erectile Disfunction, how does this happen from atorvastatin? i am a Vietnam era vet, started atorvastatin in 2005, took it till 2017, when i found out it causes type 2 diabetic response, i told my VA doc that they needed a new med.. Does this count as a presumptive issue?
You would have to find proof that your diabetes was directly caused by you medication. This is not a presumptive issues unless you were in presumptive area and time frame for AO exposure.
Recently denied for diabetes even though I’m on beta blockers and hctz diuretics for hypertension. There was no mention of the said medications in the denial letter even though I covered it thoroughly in the original claim. Should I appeal?
I have almost all of those things, how do I do a service connection for diabetes?
Does the Camp Lejuene act cove diabetes?
I have been diagnosed with diabetes type two while on military service since 1992 how can I claim that for a VA rating I was originally denied
OUTSTANDING INFORMATION AND PEOPLE..
Do you need to have developed diabetes in service or after service count as well??
I am a type 2 diabetic and I take insulin 2 times a day, I take the pen 3 times a day and metformin 2 times a day. Can someone help me file a claim for it. It is getting worst.
It’s only 1 year limit window from ets?
what about the Agent orange in Okinawa Japan. It was on the base where I was stationed and stored near the area I lived on base.
Doesn't meet the exposure criteria per the VA. Vietnam service (boots on ground), Blue Water Navy, some Thailand service, and Korean DMZ (don't remember the time period for that).
When will they do that for the burn pits??
station at korat royal Thai air force base. Airmen and nco hootches were in the 500 meter spray zone. spent 359 days sleeping there. worked on f105 g wild weasls the ends of the runway was also in the spray zones. i have type diabetes on 3 oral meds and one injectable. is the presumputive claim for agent orange exposure.
Were agent orange storages in ammo depots in Okinawa and camp Fuji Japan. In 1978. ???
How can I get help claim a secondary causes
I have had all these symptoms before I got out I just did not know I had diabetes until I got out 1 after I was discharged
Got type 2 diabetes, was in Vietnam in 67-68 stationed in Tuy Hoa .but not rated for any compensation. Rated as continuing? How does VA rate continuing?
You are presumptive for agent orange. Diabetes is 20%, however secondary claims for neuropathy of feet and hands can add up quickly. I got another 20 per foot and 10 per hand.
Looking into that too, my pop's also served in Vietnam, he also developed type2
Rated at 20% many years ago. Was told by the VA I was in an area close to the DMZ in Vietnam where the heaviest use of AO was used. Started out on minimum meds and over the years I am now on 2000mg metformin, empagliflozin and Trulicity injections. Does that warrant a disability increase? Also have PTSD, hypertension, melanoma and had prostate cancer. I am now told I have COPD. Thank you.
Why not just put in for an increase? Doesn't cost you anything to try.
Can service connected PTSD have hypertension, and Diabetes as a secondary? I take blood pressure meds and crestor. Also taking insulin injections twice a day. I was taking Metphormine as well but the VA discontinued it due to the cancer threat.
i am on intent to file a claim for my type 2 diabetes as secondary for my hypertension, wrist carpal tunnel, right shoulder, Vertigo, I need a certification from a doctor stating for my diabetes as a evidence & supporting documents Can someone help me Please?
What if you are on an insulin pump? I am a type one rated at 20% and HAVE to take insulin otherwise i get really sick.
I think that the 20% is a little low
I am also starting to get a burning sensation in my foot.
Thoughts?
File for peripheral nerve damage secondary to diabetes. You can get higher rating.
@@randyallison1855 You need to take action on that, im a type 1 with 90% applying for my 100% soon.
@@randyallison1855 I'm mm. I'm NJ
If you were lied too about your discharge , I was told they were making my discharge dishonorable, I found out after talking to suicide hotline 27 years later when my ptsd night terrors and a ton of medical problems got to be too much for me to handle. And the va approved medical immediately and im on wait list for major surgery scary shit. Rebuilding my cervical vertibra
Can I still apply for presumptive if I just now have been introduced to all this the CID officers lied to me after I made them look bad for reporting credit card abuse, firearms missing, no key control in armory and evidence room. I deadlined 53 of the 55 military cut ves I had a unit that had to be mission ready in 72 hour notice. They could be so I had to order 53 brand-new hummers and they were sent from 6 different army bases in order to make the unit mission ready. They were pissed, I was a private first class working as a motor Sergent, armor,key control custodian,evidence locker room controlled, ect. They were officers NOT military, they never had formations, never wore BDU's. And chaptered me out under a chapter 13 alcohol rehab failure. They had me volunteer to the alcohol program ran by the drug taskforce Sergent ran. After two meetings she said I was a failure and they told me at 11am that I was being chaptered out 3 hours later I was no longer army.... by the way the same first Sergent that done this knew me for a year in Korea and never told me he was Cid or a first Sergent, he was just Gary a bad mean drunk. Who was under investigation for a girls disappearance in Korea she was air force. They found her dead. They eventually blamed her commander he was sleeping with her too. Along with Gary. Both were married and she was 20. They in the later 30's. I was sorta dating her too, just when were ran into each other but thats why they drug me into their investigation. But when she was found they determined she had been shot and their was no way for me to be able too have gotten a gun in Korea but her commander did and they found the weapon in airforce armory in his unit.
@@jeremycheesman2818 TLDR. Dishonorable discharge right?
I was prescribe celebrity for arthritis and eventually obtained diabetes and high blood and sleep apnea ten years out of service.
Hi Ron, we are sorry to hear about the conditions you have been suffering from. Do you receive VA benefits for these conditions?
I was exposed to Ionize Radiation,( I worked on Special Weapons) it is in my Medical jacket/record, My VSO officer, says i don't have symptoms and he didn't know how to file that type of claim. What do I do and who do I talk to, I do have a degenerative back, and had lumbar surgery on L4 and L5, but the surgery happen tow years after I separated from the Navy. I am currently going to Acupuncture and Chiropractic care through the VA. Please HELP.
I'm still waiting after 9 years of a appeal for 100 percent service connection for PTSD
My husband was in Vietnam with the marine corp. Please send him information to apply for compensation
Hi there Bonnie, if you and your husband need information about benefits for Vietnam veterans, check our page here: www.hillandponton.com/agent-orange-presumptive-list-of-conditions/
What if you did not know I had it until after I got out
My husband was in Gulfport Mississippi where they burned AO but VA doesn’t recognize it yet 😑
I get sick in the service Vietnam era with epatitis then star getting hypertention high blood pressure and diabetes. I drink Metforming and meta blockers metoprolol 100mlg also artritis.
I am a veteran can I get additional benefits for my Type 2 Diabetes ?
Any thoughts on the PodoPhylus antimicrobial insole?
I'm on 50 % ,and had heart work in the VA hospital in Atlanta. and later it was considered from the Agent orange . I live in the Philippines and get a yearly check up at the VA in Manila. the last visit Nov,2023 I was told I've type 2 Diabetes I assume because I don't take shots. The Dr. said it come from the heart surgery and that I should see to raising my % percentage compensation . But I've been told I have to redo my complete evaluation all over again. I'm afraid to do that because I think maybe I loose % percentage instead trying to gain a certain % percentage. Anyway because of my past heart stents put in and the Dr. here in the VA in the Philippines saying the Diabetes is the results of that surgery. Please school me on this or can you help in telling me what I should do or could do? Thank you James Copeland
Some times it not the fact that the driver on the left is trying to pass, but he is just trying to maintain his power. If he stays behind the truck on the right, then he would be following that truck to close and his computer would be warning him to back off you’re following to close. So as not to give up the little power he has, they go to the left lane even if they know they can’t actually pass the other truck. But when they see other trucks coming up fast, they should back off and get back behind the truck on the right and let the faster trucks get by. Obviously no one wants to give up the little power they have, but also don’t want to get a ticket for following to close. That’s why they do that. Just like the driver that has all the power to go as fast as he want, he gets piss when he has to slow down, even when he’s driving way over the speed limit. I think this is one of the reason this happens all the time. What I do, is flash my lights at that driver, back off to give him the room to back off and get back behind the truck on the right. Then fly by them. I do know that some dumb ass driver still won’t move back over, but tailgating them won’t make their truck go any faster. You just got to chil out until you get the room to pass.
Can diabetes be a secondary to depression
I've been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 4 years after i retired from the service. I have received steroid for my pain which occured from service. Also i was diagnosed with PTSD after i retired and was taking some psychotic medicines. What would be my chance of getting compensated for it?
How do i apply for disability am a veteran
If I am already receiving Compensation at 100, 40, 20 for PTSD, Lower back pain, and 20 for my right knee. But I also have diabetes type 2, hypertension, sleep apena disorder. Can my Compensation be added for the or am I maxed out. I am 62 years old, and the first 3 of these are service connected.
May can get more. Check out special monthly compensation videos on youtube.
Retired June 2011,found out I had diabetes November 2011 before surgery
I am a Vietnamese Nam vet and I’m presently receiving VA compensation for ischemic heart disease (heart attack and 5 stints in 2003), type 2 diabetes, and tinnitus all totaling 60%, I also was diagnosed by the VA with severe obstructive sleep apnea, and just recently I have come down with afib and had an ablation procedure that didn’t work. Can I file the apnea and the afib as secondary to the diabetes and or the ischemic heart disease?
Good question, John. Sounds like you may be able to pursue that route. Sleep Apnea is an unfortunately common issue among disabled veterans with heart conditions. We know there is medical literature suggesting a connection between sleep apnea and high blood pressure.
Pre-diabetes can be counted?
No, Pre-diabetes cannot be rated as a VA Disability.
If u are already P&T 100% can u get paid additional money for added conditions
Yes, they fall under SMC.
I have type 2 diabetes I take 5 shots a day I take 10 pills a day I'm having eye surgery for cataract I have neuropathy in my feet I have acist on my liver I was in Lejeune for contaminate water of the shores of Vietnam I truly believe that agent orange was in or near in Lejeune in California in Okinawa also no one in my family has diabetes I'm not sure if this is the problem ido think so how can I get help for va rating?
Definitely in Okinawa! Research it has been found and dug up. I found documents
After my C&P exam, I noticed that diabetes was not included. I am a Vietnam Vet. I have no choice but to appeal. Other things were ignored !!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Can you receive benefits for prediabetes
Do you currently have an open claim? If so, please feel free to give our office a call at 386-257-2100 to see if we may be able to assist you. Thank you.
How does one prove diabetes as a secondary to sleep apnea? I have type 2 diabetes and was diagnosed with it subsequent to sleep apnea diagnosis. I retired in 2002 and was diagnosed with diabetes in 2004. I was diagnosed with sleep apnea in 2000. There’s more about this I can talk about but let’s start with this question.
Hi Randy, we have a great written blog with information about the connection between Sleep Apnea and Diabetes. I have linked it here www.hillandponton.com/obstructive-sleep-apnea-va-claims/ For more information, please feel free to give us a call at 407-537-9000. Thank you!
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you told me when I first ever contacted you about my diabetes type 2 that I would get an presumption because I was on a two Superfund sites but your firm never helped me with my claim saying that they did not have the expertise to help me. I was on the pill first but now I am on insulin two times a day. I did not go overseas
Were you diagnosed with DM2 while in the service? Superfund sites are not covered by the VA.
I am confused, according to this video, a 40% requires insulin, restrictive diet and regulation of activities, if the doctor says you shouldn’t be exercising because it could decrease your blood sugar levels, or that you should be that you need to have a certain regimen that would warrant a 40% rating. Under the M21.1 it says the term regulation of activities is defined parenthetically to mean the requirement of “avoidance of strenuous occupational and recreational activities.”. “In turn this must be understood as meaning that the avoidance is required to help control blood sugar.”. So are you saying any activity ? This contradicts the strenuous activity in the M21.1.
DIABETES IS ASSOCIATED WITH sleep Apnea also I have both diagnosed
what rating you got for diabetes?
can we.reach u guys via emails or any sort of direct message for these?
If you'd like to speak to one of our Disability Coordinators, you can fill out our form here: www.hillandponton.com/free-case-evaluation/va-evaluation/
Can a War veterans widow, who is receiving widows benefits because of husband's service, has diabetes, glaucoma and kidney damage, qualify for extra benefits? She may also have sleeping disorders as well as near blindness in her left eyedue to a small vein in her eye blocked.
Can sleep apnea cause diabetes ?
Yes
I recently won my case for Diabetes plus Peripheral Neuropathy for both hands & feet due to herbicide exposure. I served in the Western Corridor along the DMZ at the confluence of the Han & Imjin rivers in South Korea in 69-70 with A Btry (Camp Bray-TAC Site 42), 2nd Bn (HAWK), 71st Arty, 38th Brigade. It was a long fight with the VA. The VA doesn't want to admit that herbicides were sprayed along the Western Corrider along the DMZ in South Korea. If there's anyone who served at A Btry who needs help w/their claim get in touch. I'll send you the materials I used for my claim.
The VA needs to look into how PFOA causes diabetes as well as high triglycerides, thyroid issues, liver and kidney issues to include nonalcoholic fatty liver. Seems they ate only focusing on the active cancers and that's it.
I need your law firm to represent me....i am just suffering with no advice, but I do have insurance, VA insurance at 70% , but the lawyer I have won't give me any advice, I need someone who can give good advice while I do the leg work!
What if your vietmam vet husband had tinnitus and diabetes and on service disability and diabetes on his death certificate?
And none of that was looked into by my VA rep. Even his service connected tinnitus (ears)
How about a hole in the heart. I was told I had it since I was a kid. Went into the marine corps in 1977. Discharged in 1980. Honorable discharged. In 2006 was driving to pine bluff Arkansas. From Springfield Missouri. Went to little rock v.a they did a MRI. They said I had the hole in my heart. Wasn't diagnosed as I want in. In 1998. I had a heart attack now I have a fib.
Can you increase your rate if you take insulin 3 times a day for diabetes that is service contion vietnam Veteran
I have glaucoma for over 20 year's now can file a claim from that far back.
If you trained in Fort McClellan while going to military school and later you showed conditions that where caused by the contamination that existed there.....why is this information put out there for those that received some sort of training there......why is it only for the soldiers that where station there......and not those in training.....we drank and ate the same food as everybody else.....
So why not for the trainee going to school there?
I have 2 type diateices
I am currently serving and just got diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 25. Lost 25 lbs in 3 weeks and have to take 4 injections daily to regulate my blood sugar levels. Doctor said it could’ve been caused due to COVID, where I was on a stateside mission for 6 months working with COVID patients and drive in testing sites. Would this be a credible claim?
Yes!
Úlcera de pie? Foot ulcers? PodoPhylus antimicrobial Insoles
had diabetes and toe ambutatated
Dang it told va get stings in toes fingers numbness Diebeties meds made me dizzy seeing Dr Monday va in Humble
I have PTSD due to personal Assault upon me with a wrench.while I was sleeping
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Thanks for the info
Thanks for the info.
I have dieabites 2 and I know it's from sodas and eating stuff that I ate I was in active navy and army guard got out before two year mark of active service In navy and army guard was in for 6 years but I don't get my va health care card or benefits because of getting out of active navy before two year mark. I got hypertension I know I got worse by eating the waffles bacon and high strach foods they feed me in the military. 🎖️🇺🇲💪😟
Damn, I am a veteran and I think my service caused my diabetes.
Hi Rasheed, it may be possible. I have linked a written blog we have here about ratings for Diabetes www.hillandponton.com/the-va-ratings-diabetes-explained/
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Got diabetes while in the service due to a pregnancy that I was raped by an officer my records was missing of the pregnancy so I can't prove the diabetes but proven the pregnancy by showing the birth certificate of the baby I had while still in the service they had no medical records of. Smh
It's a shame that the VA is NOW recognizing that diabetes has been caused by agent orange.
We personally know a who VA confirmed exposed and refused to acknowledge that it caused diabetes. NO ONE in his family has it, still to this day. He passed away due to some the complications of agent orange.
He is dearly missed by his family, along with many others. 😢
Then there are the vets who have surgery on their pancreas...the Whipple Procedure for example. Agent Orange for another example.
You know what, this is our taxpayer dollars and should be spent wisely. A HUGE percentage of type II diabetes is due to a diet high in carbohydrates and over feeding resulting in obesity, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and multiple secondary diseases. Even if exposed to agent orange, the prevalence of developing diabetes type II is more common in the obese population. I have several military friends who served their 2 years, have worked and are well off financially, retired and became obese. Consequently, they developed type II diabetes and blame the military and are now receiving compensation. DM is not a progressive disease but rather one that can generally be reversed by changing your diet and lifestyle. But, it's easier to sit on the couch in front of TV and use their VA compensation to buy and consume processed foods.
I think I was exposed to Agent Orange at Fort McCllean Ala. this base had Agent Orange, Agent Blue and Agent White.