Re: Help! Medical denied

[Mi Vida Loca]

At 10:33 PM 11/21/98 -0800, you wrote:
>To refresh coupers membership, I'm a 65-year-old wheelchair user (polio in
>1944) who got a private license in 1966 with 95 hours in an Ercoupe. I've
>been trying to renew my third class.
>
>Today I received from the FAA in Oklahoma City a denial of my application
>for an airman medical certificate "due to possible coronary artery disease
>as evidenced by abnormal radionuclide testing." This is a condition I've
>had for years with no symptoms. Recently I started taking a medication and
>the situation is well controlled.
>
>Needless to say, I'm devastated. And I'm so surprised!
>
>I have 30 days to appeal for reconsideration pursuant to 14 CFR 67.409. I
>will certainly do so. But I need advice from anyone as to how best to do
>this. I'll provide the FAA correspondence and results of the medical tests
>to anyone.
>
>Who's had experience in situations like this and knows how best to make the
>appeal?
Larry,
There is good news and bad news. The good news is that it may be possible to get your medical, The bad news is that you would have to have a cardiac cath. Quite costly and not without risk (fairly minimal). I assume you probably had a "cardiolite" non-exercise "stress test". Not as reliable as a graded exercise test with the scan. If you have a copy of your report you can just send it to me and I'll be glad to take a look and see if there are any holes in it. I am not a physician but am an RN who has far too many years of experience in cardiology (I ran a large Cardiac Rehab center for 7 years) and now do impairment evaluation on people for disability claims




Dave
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