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My husband was retired Air Force who served in Thailand 1966-1967 as an aircraft painter/Corrosion Control Specialist. He passed away in 2010 of a heart attack and Type II Diabetes. My claim for DIC...
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I'm confused too. in order to receive DIC your husband has to have at least a disability rating from the VA. I would talk to a knowledgeable VSO rather than an attorney. I could be wrong but my...
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My husband had a 20% disability rating, received shortly after his retirement from the AF. It had nothing to do with herbicides however. It was because of a botched surgery on his arm while in...
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MEGC wrote:My husband had a 20% disability rating, received shortly after his retirement from the AF. It had nothing to do with herbicides however. It was because of a botched surgery on his arm while...
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Since I was married to my husband for 55 years and his death cerificate lists Diabetes Mellitis as one of the causes of death, I believe I do have a claim. If I don't why did my VSO file the claim in...
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megc. agent orange and Vietnam are automatic. but Thailand IS NOT. However, you may be have something there regarding thailand. but you need to do some google searching. Evidence can include written...
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There is no requirement that your husband have a disability rating. The requirement in this case, found in the link that nmfxstc provided, is The Veteran died from an injury or disease deemed to be...
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Thank you, Nick. I didn't think my husaband had to be already rated for exposure to receive DIC. Actually we had a next door neighbor who went to Tahkli at the same time as my husband and I am trying...
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nickfuhs wrote:There is no requirement that your husband have a disability rating. The requirement in this case, found in the link that nmfxstc provided, is The Veteran died from an injury or disease...
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I can't believe you guys are so confused! You can die from a SC condition without having made a claim and receiving a rating. A widow CAN file a claim and receive DIC without getting a rating first...
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There is a requirement for the death to be linked to the veteran's service but the veteran does not need to have been rated at the time of death. The process of getting DIC approved in such a case...
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Thank you Nanny B for confirming what I knew to be the case. There does seem to be a lot of confusion regarding interpretation of the requirements for filing a DIC claim. I plan to keep fighting my...
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The issue is service-connection and not a rating. A determination is made based on the available evidence to determine if the cause of death was service-connected.BVA decisions do not set precedence....
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Maybe I missed it, but was the Diabetes diagnosed while he was in service?
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No, about 20-25 years ago. The husband of a friend of mine was diagnosed in January 2011 filed in March 2011 and received his first check in July 2011 but he served in Viet Nam. It seems to me that...
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MEGC wrote:No, about 20-25 years ago. The husband of a friend of mine was diagnosed in January 2011 filed in March 2011 and received his first check in July 2011 but he served in Viet Nam. It seems to...
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MEGC wrote:Sorry if I'm confusing you, Cruiser. My husband worked on the flight line as an aircraft painter/corrosion control specialist. The flight line at Tahkli RTAFB was next to the perimeter of...
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REDFISH, thanks for that website, lots of interesting stuff there. It will take me some time to go through it. NICK, your comment about the flight line not being near the perimeter is contradictory to...
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Sorry, Nick, I also meant to say I was already told about the www.tahkli.org website and downloaded it. Thanks for the advice.
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Meg, Although I did fly into Takhli a time or two, it was too long ago to remember the layout detail. But for twenty years as a airlifter, I flew into airfields in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and...
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Thanks, Nick. I do have several aerial photos of the base, taken at the time my husband was there. All vegetation around the runway is nonexistent. Obviously killed off by some mysterious spray. I'm...
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