Dr. John R Carroll

Dear Sir,
I am writing to you for assistance in claiming against DVA for Agent Orange exposure.

A short summary of my case.

I Served in HMAS Sydney for the first 6 months of 1970 straight out of JR training as part of my 20 years’ service in RAN and RAAF.
Despite being a diesel rating my time in Sydney was as a dishwasher on the way up to Vietnam and Steam Boiler and Steam Evaporators on the way back.

In December 2014 I was diagnosed with Non – Hodgkin’s Lymphoma late stage 2/3 and commenced Chemo therapy.

Complications led to a Chyle leak affecting both lungs.

This required numerous pleural aspirations and eventually a bi-lateral surgical pleurodesis.

Post operatively I developed a collapsed right lung requiring a pig tail catheter for approximately three months.

Further complications led to the insertion of a pacemaker for second degree heart block.

I was also diagnosed with COPD in 2015.

I feel that whilst my current advocate is dedicated and very capable, his main knowledge base is Army. I therefore, am doing a lot of the research myself and presenting it to him.
It is now obvious that there is a lot of knowledge, research and reference material that has been completed. The known facts and reference material already discovered would assist immensely.
Any assistance that could help me would be greatly appreciated, particularly direction to existing legal Decisions.
DVA has this week approved my cancer claim and added it to my white card.
This has been back dated 3 months.
As you will have deduced I have been in remission for 5 years and all of my medical expenses and loss of income have been privately funded.

Yours truly,
Robert Gildare
0412 974 053