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Honest John Lance

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About Honest John Lance

  • Birthday 03/17/1953

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  • Service Connected Disability
    30%

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  1. The 40% ROM will only get you 20% rating which is what happened to me. I put a NOD (pending) because they ignored my bilateral radiculopathy. They should have given me a separate rating for the radiculopathy, at least 10% bilateral. The fact that you were on bedrest may help you.
  2. John, it took 20 months from when I applied but I am awarded going back almost 2 years.
  3. Thanks Berta, I just sent in a NOD on my back asking for a rating for bilateral severe nerve root compression. I am 20% for Degenerative Arthritus of the Lumbar Spine. I asked for an increase and they left me at 20% because my forward flexion is > 30%. When they considered my claim they had 2 MRIs indicating the nerve root compression and the C&P exam noted bilateral peripheral nerves being affected and Lasegue’s sign being positive. They basically ignored that information.
  4. Well I checked the SS website for my application status and it said that a decision has been made. Checked with the bank and there was a large deposit from SS for backpay, no doubt. Wow, so glad it is over and with success. Had a really good judge and very experienced attorney. Thank you Lord!
  5. Wow, now that is what I call desperate!! I hope you loaded up on pain medication first.
  6. Just wondering if anyone could tell me what the average time it takes to get an appointment for a referral by the PCP. The RN that I saw referred me to get xrays and then to the physical medicine rehabilitation clinic. I was told it take 30 days to get the appointments but it's been longer and no word.
  7. Congratulations John46, its always good to hear of someone's success with the VA. I'm sure you will also be successful with your TDIU since I know you will follow the great advice received on this board. Good Luck!!
  8. If the FDA and DEA and doctors or patients are worried about the acetaminophen in percocet, you could ask your doctor to just give you the oxycodone alone. I believe that they make the oxycodone pills as low as 5 mg. I read where the reason that they put acetaminophen in percocet is because it reduces fever and has a different added analgesic effect. But there are lots of people that get good pain relief with just the oxycodone.
  9. As far as I know there is no advantage having a disablility rated as primary or secondary. The difference is usually if a disibility is primary sc'd it's because it was in your smr. If you have a disability that develops because of a primary disability, then that disability would be secondary to that disability. For example in my case, I have a primary rated disability of degenerative arthritus of the lumbar spine. I developed bilateral sciatica over the years due to the degenerative arthritus of the lumbar spine. The bilateral sciatica is secondary. The VA will still give you a rating for the disability it deems as sc'd whether it is primary or secondary.
  10. Here is the official directive from the VA: The clarification came in a July 22 directive from Dr. Robert Petzel, Undersecretary of Health for the department. "Veterans Health Administration policy does not prohibit veterans who use medical marijuana from participating in VHA substance abuse programs, pain control programs, or other clinical programs where the use of marijuana may be considered inconsistent with treatment goals," he wrote. "Although patients participating in state medical marijuana programs must not be denied VHA services, modifications may need to be made in their treatment plans. Decisions to modify treatment plans in those situations are best made by individual providers in partnership with their patients. VHA endorses a step-care model for the treatment of patients with chronic pain: any prescription(s) for chronic pain should be managed under the auspices of such programs described in VHA policy regarding Pain Management."
  11. gousto, are sc'd for your left shoulder? If not you could probably get it sc'd secondary to your right shoulder for overuse. § 4.26 Bilateral factor. When a partial disability results from disease or injury of both arms, or of both legs, or of paired skeletal muscles, the ratings for the disabilities of the right and left sides will be combined as usual, and 10 percent of this value will be added ( i.e. , not combined) before proceeding with further combinations, or converting to degree of disability. The bilateral factor will be applied to such bilateral disabilities before other combinations are carried out and the rating for such disabilities including the bilateral factor in this section will be treated as 1 disability for the purpose of arranging in order of severity and for all further combinations. For example, with disabilities evaluated at 60 percent, 20 percent, 10 percent and 10 percent (the two 10's representing bilateral disabilities), the order of severity would be 60, 21 and 20. The 60 and 21 combine to 68 percent and the 68 and 20 to 74 percent, converted to 70 percent as the final degree of disability.
  12. Congratulations Carlie! Just goes to show everybody that if you have tenacity and keep up the fight that you can make VA do the right thing. Always good to see a win! Enjoy the fruits of your labor.
  13. I plan on filing a claim for service connection for sciatic nerve damage secondary to my already sc'd degenerative arthritus of the lumbar spine. When I asked to be evaluated for a rating increase last summer for the degenerative arthritus, it was mostly because of the sciatica. Well I have since learned thanks to the hadit forum, if you don't specifically claim something, then VA will ignore it. That is what they did even though my C&P exam noted the peripheral nerve being affected, the MRI showing DDD with sciatica, my complaints of radiating leg pain and numbness/paresthesias of the toes. So my question is do I use the new claim form 21-526 or the statement in support of claim form 21-4138?
  14. Congratulations Durock, way to go! It is always nice to hear of someone's success story.
  15. Congratulations Monster! Correct me if I am wrong but I think that DFAS is returning 70% of the VA waiver in 2011. Then 2012 = 80%, 2013 = 90% and at last 2014 = 100%.
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