VA disability claims for sleep apnea skyrocket to over $1.2 billion per year

Damaged Eagle wrote:

Veterans are given thorough medical exams prior to be being admitted into the various services.

If the member, and their immediate family, do not have a history of the developing medical condition that the service member is experiencing then it's hard to prove that it isn't a service related condition.

Not saying that there aren't fraudulent claims.

I'm saying that it's hard to prove that it isn't a service related condition.

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2seaoat wrote:They seem to do a pretty good job screening the heart and vascular system.


http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joiningthemilitary/a/heart.htm

2seaoat wrote:I have a business partner who I have talked about before whose son has lived his life to be a navy seal.....well he cannot pass the physical with a heart issue, let alone become a seal.....the kid is devastated. Just broke off an engagement and is lost.

Ghost_Rider1 wrote:
DE I spent 26 years in the Army and the thorough medical exam I got only consisted of height, weight, a few shots and a rectal exam as we formed a single line in dressed only our boxers waiting our turn. No blood was drawn and never saw a doctor, all the examining was done by corpsmen or medics. That was my thorough entrance medical exam and the exit medical was even less.

Damaged Eagle wrote:

Ghost_Rider1 wrote:
DE I spent 26 years in the Army and the thorough medical exam I got only consisted of height, weight, a few shots and a rectal exam as we formed a single line in dressed only our boxers waiting our turn. No blood was drawn and never saw a doctor, all the examining was done by corpsmen or medics. That was my thorough entrance medical exam and the exit medical was even less.

I went in as the Vietnam War was coming to a close. They ran us through a cardiovascular, electroencephalograph, blood work, eye-screening, hearing, etc... My whole group was given a fairly comprehensive physical prior to our signing any formal enlistment papers.

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Ghost_Rider1 wrote:I went in during the Vietnam war and I feel like they were rushing folks through the enlistment process just so they could get them through basic and any other training required before sending us off to war.