November 19, 2021 7:34 am
I was prescribed the medication “Jardiance” in December 2019 by my VA doctor. I was told that the new medication would help my diabetes and service connected heart conditions. Soon after, I started having huge boils in the groin area and bleeding ulcers. I complained, first to Dermatology and then several trips to the ER. Each ER trip earned me a bottle of antibiotics with no explanation of a cause.
On the evening of July 3rd, 2020, I once again went to the ER. I remember reaching for the ER door handle and I woke up thirty days later. I had to have emergency surgery. The doctors told me that they had fifteen minutes to decide whether to operate or just make me comfortable and let me go.
The Jardiance medication side effects, along with my service connected Chloracne, caused Fournier’s Gangrene bacteria that literally ate me alive. I was not expected to survive the surgery and all of the skin graphs. I was given a 12% chance to make it another 90 days. It has been fifteen months now and I feel like I have finally gotten back to my new normal.
I did file a claim on the Fournier’s Gangrene and an increase on the Chloracne. I was granted the Fournier’s Gangrene and an increase to thirty % for Chloracne. I was also rated for seventeen service connected scars, some were rated as painful scars. At the same time, I was granted the “R”-2 Special Monthly Compensation rating.
As a result of the passage of the Mission Act, the caregiver’s program became available for us older Vietnam Era vets, so my wife qualified under the PCAFC program as my official caregiver and compensated for the role that she plays in my Activities of Daily Living.
I am looking forward to my 73rd birthday in January 2022. Life is good!
Posted by jamescripps
Categories: VA claims
Tags: VA benefits
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