GatorNavy
05-24-11, 07:54 PM
I apologize, I did a google search and found a good thread on this subject, but alas, after i logged in for the first time, I can no longer find it.
Fact: most of the people infected with HCV in the USA are Veterans!
Fact: most (80%) of those Veterans served during Vietnam or Post-Vietnam years. I am one of those vets.
There are quite a few factors or incidents, how Veterans became infected. I am learning that Genotype is geographic specific. 1b, 2a, 2b are found mostly in Japan and Korea. 1a is USA and many parts of Europe. Vietnam, SEA, and Australia have genotypes specific to those countries as well.
For instance, if you got hit with the jetguns at boot camp, dental work, medical procedures, tatoos or got the clap in the USA, then the odds are 1a.
I got the Japanese bug from being treated for a spinal injury at a Naval Hosptial in Japan...It's a long list though!
Most of the time you will only be infected with one genotype and you won't catch another one. However you can catch Hep B and that can be a huge problem if you are already infected with Hep-C
They didn't know about the Hep-C bug until after I got out in 1986. So no one in service during that time could have been diagnosed with HCV. If it was detected at all it would have been Hep (non-a)(non-b). Most of us have gone our merry way without knowing we had it until we got sick from it and our liver was going to hell.
You can win SC but you will need to have a doctor point to the likelyhood that your risk factors (that you point out in your claim) are service connected. It is called a Nexus and you can't win your Hep-C case without a Nexus. These people have fiqured it out and are helping the rest of us vets get service connection for Hep-C
HCVets.com
I have not won yet, but I won't give up until I do! :evilgrin:
Fact: most of the people infected with HCV in the USA are Veterans!
Fact: most (80%) of those Veterans served during Vietnam or Post-Vietnam years. I am one of those vets.
There are quite a few factors or incidents, how Veterans became infected. I am learning that Genotype is geographic specific. 1b, 2a, 2b are found mostly in Japan and Korea. 1a is USA and many parts of Europe. Vietnam, SEA, and Australia have genotypes specific to those countries as well.
For instance, if you got hit with the jetguns at boot camp, dental work, medical procedures, tatoos or got the clap in the USA, then the odds are 1a.
I got the Japanese bug from being treated for a spinal injury at a Naval Hosptial in Japan...It's a long list though!
Most of the time you will only be infected with one genotype and you won't catch another one. However you can catch Hep B and that can be a huge problem if you are already infected with Hep-C
They didn't know about the Hep-C bug until after I got out in 1986. So no one in service during that time could have been diagnosed with HCV. If it was detected at all it would have been Hep (non-a)(non-b). Most of us have gone our merry way without knowing we had it until we got sick from it and our liver was going to hell.
You can win SC but you will need to have a doctor point to the likelyhood that your risk factors (that you point out in your claim) are service connected. It is called a Nexus and you can't win your Hep-C case without a Nexus. These people have fiqured it out and are helping the rest of us vets get service connection for Hep-C
HCVets.com
I have not won yet, but I won't give up until I do! :evilgrin: