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lumbosacral Need help adding a "Secondary" claim to my Lower Back service connected condition
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AirForce99
I’m 40% service connected for chronic lumbosacral strain. I want to add a “Secondary” claim as I have extreme chronic pain on a daily basis that affects my life big time. My chronic lumbosacral strain CAUSED my chronic pain and I have a doctor that will write “Is due to” for my NEXUS letter.
If I understand correctly, they will most likely put this under “9421 Somatic symptom disorder”.
A few questions about this...
1. Is my thinking above correct?
2. If my Doctor, a certified MD, writes that I have chronic pain that is DUE TO my service connected chronic lumbosacral strain, is this good enough or should we expand on that and talk about all the ways the pain affects my life like sleep, social life, can't play with kids, etc?
3. Do they rate this under the “General Rating Formula For Mental Disorders” at the 0, 10, 30, 50, 70, 100 rates?
Thanks so much!
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