.... RESEARCH: ADULTS WITH NEWLY DIAGNOSED DIABETES AT RISK FOR LIVER DISEASE Adults with newly diagnosed diabetes may be at increased risk for diabetic hepatopathy when compared with adults without diabetes. NOTE from Larry Scott, VA ...--- Adults with newly diagnosed diabetes at increased risk for diabetic hepatopathy Adults with newly diagnosed diabetes may be at increased risk for diabetic hepatopathy when compared with adults without diabetes, findings from a retrospective cohort study .... RESEARCH:ADULTS WITH NEWLY DIAGNOSED DIABETES AT RISK FOR LIVER DISEASE --Adults with newly diagnosed diabetes may be at increased risk for diabetic... http://www.vawatchdog.org/10/nf10/nfjun10/nf062310-4.htm
... Printer-Friendly Version RESEARCHERS REPORT SOME DIABETES DRUGS DOUBLE RISK OF HEART FAILURE -- The VA Diabetes study found that aggressively treating elevated sugar ... unconsciousness. For more about veterans and diabetes, use the VA Watchdog search engine .../sessearch.php ?q=diabetes&op=and Story here. ... and those taking standard oral medications for diabetes treatment. The third study, the Veterans Affairs (VA) Diabetes study found that aggressively treating elevated sugar ...-2008 --RESEARCHERS REPORT SOME DIABETES DRUGS DOUBLE RISK OF HEART FAILURE --The VA Diabetes study found that aggressively treating elevated sugar... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfsep08/nf090508-4.htm
... And reiterates its "no" to hypertension, saying, "The science doesn ... the VA's denial of presumptive hypertension benefits, click here... ... it will not grant disability claims for hypertension related to Agent Orange By Chris Roberts ... VA will not grant disability claims for hypertension related to Agent Orange or other herbicide ...'t surprised by the denial of hypertension because it is a relatively widespread condition ... very simply (why Peake denied the hypertension claims); it's one ... El Paso advocate who also suffers from hypertension and was exposed to Agent Orange in .... Zumwalt's report also mentions hypertension developed by agricultural workers exposed to herbicides... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfJUL08/nf070308-6.htm
... DON'T GET NEEDED TREATMENT FOR HYPERTENSION -- Diabetics with high blood pressure ... offer other treatment. For more about diabetes and hypertension, use the VA Watchdog search engine .../sessearch.php?q=diabetes+hypertension&op=and Story here. ... Treating high blood pressure in people with diabetes is very important, because elevated pressure .... More information To learn more about diabetes and high blood pressure, visit the American Diabetes Association. SOURCES: Eve Kerr,... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfMAY08/nf052108-1.htm
..., with service connection for PTSD and Diabetes type 2. Came down with Hypertension at same time as Diabetes. Va says I can't get service Connection for hypertension. Can you give advice .Thanks ... It's a common misconception that diabetes and hypertension (high blood pressure) ... They aren't. That your hypertension was diagnosed at or about the same time as your diabetes is coincidence. Type II (Adult Onset) diabetes is proven statistically higher in veterans who... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfAPR08/nf042108-4.htm
... also stated the nexus to Type 2 Diabetes was 50/50. I was .../Neuropathy/MI/PTSD/Hypertension et al. I don't ... a Vietnam veteran, your Type 2 Diabetes is presumptive. That you have diabetes and RVN service means that the service ... as a disease that is secondary to diabetes. Thus, you should be able ... establish that as you have Type 2 Diabetes, service connected, your CAD is ... caused by or contributed to by the Diabetes. That is beyond a 50/50 estimate. The hypertension isn't very likely to be... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfMAR08/nf032808-1.htm
7. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 09-04-2007 #1 -- COMMON SENSE, LOGIC AND PLAIN OLD GOOD ADVICE FROM JIM STRICKLAND -- Veterans' Advocate Jim Strickland answers more questions from VA Watchdog readers.nf090407-1.htm
... smooth sailing. Question: My husband was diagnosed with diabetes in 1996 and it is 2007 over the years ... and peripheral neuropathy. They give him 20% for diabetes which we tried to have increased and they denied ... the HB which I think is all secondary to his diabetes what should we do? When he got out ... is a Vietnam Veteran, thus the 20% for diabetes. The neuropathy may or may not be declared as a secondary condition to that diabetes, depending on the severity of the condition. The VA position is not unreasonable when considering hypertension and high cholesterol. These conditions happen to a very... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfSEP07/nf090407-1.htm
... (PTSD), hearing loss, and diabetes. Evidence for the importance of PTSD among ... the Veterans Bene ts Administration' designation of diabetes as a services 1 Key studies of this ... most widely compensated disability among Vietnam veterans was diabetes, with almost 180,000 recipients. ..., 2001, 2003, and 2005. Diabetes was recognized as a service-related disability ... during the Vietnam War. The growth in diabetes claims from zero in 2001 to many thousands ... not a re ection of new cases of diabetes, but rather re ects the fact that diabetes was a newly recognized service-related condition... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfdec09/dec09files/2009-10-20 Did Vietnam Vets Get Sicker in the 1990's - Discussion Paper 101868.pdf
... from Update 2006) Porphyria cutanea tarda Hypertension Ischemic heart disease (category change from Update 2006) Type 2 diabetes (mellitus) Spina bifida in offspring ... little. Many veterans will remember when hypertension was added to this list. The Texas Veterans' Commission mistakenly assumed that hypertension would be made a presumptive condition for ... Peake said NO to a presumptive for hypertension . My best-guess on this .... And, quite frankly, like hypertension, the medical evidence just isn' ... hypercholesterolaemia (high cholesterol levels), diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure) and is... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfjul09/nf072609-2.htm
... bypass graft = 30 % Type II diabetes = 20 % Peripheral vascular disease, ..., right lower extremity associated with type diabetes = 10 % Diabetic neuropathy, left lower extremity associated with type diabetes = 10 % ED = 0 % ..., right lower extremity associated with type diabetes = 10%" does not specify ... is spelled out in "Type II diabetes = 20 %" ? Should I ... "high blood pressure" and "hypertension". They're the same ... the connection. The service connection of hypertension doesn't often even pay a benefit. Treatment for hypertension is so effective today that most who... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfoct09/nf102009-6.htm
