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disability for prostate cancer
I just joined today. I have locally advanced prostate cancer persumed caused by exposure to agent orange while serving in southeast Asia. They gave me my temporary 100% while under treatment. I will always be on some form of treatment. Have had surgery and radiation but psa rose after each treatments. I am now on hormone therapy with 6 month eligard shots. My doctor said I will stop the shots in January and go on growth arrest program with just avodart. The VA took this to mean I am in remission since my psa is now low and will no longer be treated after January 09. This is not true since their is no cure for my cancer just slowing it down so I can live longer. Usually the studys show hormone treatment keeps the cancer in bay for two years and then comes back more agressive. Anyone out there have any personal or general knowledge of some one in my situation? To assume just because my psa is low I am cured is really ignorant. The VA says that my dire prognosis to begin with gleason 9 staging t3anomx has changed and I am doing quite well. Sorry to be so long winded on this but just need someone opinion on this.
Thanks,
1/27th 25th infantry wolfhounds 69/ 70
Agent Orange - Prostate Cancer
Hi, I'm new to this forum. I was diagnosed with Prostate cancer in June 2007. I've gone through 32 weeks of radiation treatment ending December 2007 including raditation directly placed in the affected areas of my Prostate twice during that 32 weeks with 4 needles(brachytheaphy procedure)sp??. I just found out last week(Oct. 2008) that I would get some type of disability for being in Vietnam. I filed a claim last week with a VSO. The VSO said that I would be entitled to anywhere between 40% to 100% of disability.
I have not been scheduled for a C&P exam yet. Is the VSO correct? Even if the treatment ended 10 months ago and my PSA test has gone down from 4.48 to .7?
Appreciate any help.
It really doesn't matter what it is.. If you are having problems and are going to the VA hospitals you can apply for disability. I think that You should talk to your VSO more to see what can be done.
Why is it that the American medical association can directly pinpoint smoking as the cause of lung cancer but they can't pinpoint any cause for any of the other cancers? The doctors say Cancers are all hereditary. Explain to me how a 50 year old acquaintance of mine has smoked for 35 years and has a 98% lung capacity and no sign of cancer. Wake up people this is one more way for the government to scare people. The more your scared the higher taxes they force you to pay.
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