cancer

I am currently serving in the Army National Guard (approx. 2 years). 5 months ago, I was diagnosed and treated for testicular cancer. The treatment was successful in regard to cancer removal. However, there is lasting pain and effects from the surgery, both psychological and physical. I have no...

Hello all, I’m new here and this will be my first post. To recap on what I got going on I’m active duty in the Air Force and last October I was diagnosed with CML. I was due to PCS to Andrews AFB in the month of my diagnosis and obviously those orders got cancelled. Now I’m doing well and the...

Like the title says. I just got my findings and went from TDRL to permanent and my rating dropped from 70% to 50% for anxiety as the primary issue(not worldwide deployable, mood adjustment disorder) . They acknowledge my cancer Follicular Lymphoma (not hereditary, its a blood cancer) but rated...

Hello, thanks for accepting my request to join. If anyone has suggestions, resources or advice I'd love to hear about it. I'm 37, married, father of two beautiful girls under the age of 5, twice deployed (once to Balad & its burn pit for 12 months), have 19+ years of total service & 13 of...

I went to behavioral health a few years ago and talked about how I had a suicide attempt before I joined the military. I also mentioned some medications I had been on. I never disclosed any of this when I joined. I currently see BH now for depression. How will that affect my rating getting out...

Alright, I'll post here because nobody reads my long winded other post. Got a call today (Saturday) from a senior VA rep in Phoenix who was pissed off and concerned about my claim. This is how he started the conversation so I knew I was in for it. Long story short, stage 4 cancer, multiple...

Maybe I don't get it, there are DOD ratings and VA ratings. I AM NOT looking for VA ratings, what is the DOD ratings stage 4 colon cancer with an LOD?

Hoping for guidance and some insight of what to expect, I understand every situation is different and this one I haven't been able to find in the threads. Active duty AF 2000-2011, USAF Air Reserve Technician 2011-present, no more than about 21 days of orders strung together at a time since...