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Sleeper 692, Sounds like your issues would fit in the VA/DoD category of "Medically Unexplained Symptoms: Chronic Pain and Fatigue". There are published clinical practice guidelines your VA doctor should be following. Take a look at these links for more information, and print them out and take them along to your next appointment: http://www.healthqua...us_fulltext.pdf http://www.healthquality.va.gov/mus/mus_poc_combined.pdf http://www.healthqua...mus/mus_sum.pdf Doc W docforvets.com

I would recommend you ask him to add the phrase "more likely than not" in place of "most likely" and ask him to sign the note in ink. With electronic medical records becoming more prevalent, it is not unusual to see the electronic signature you mention. Should take him about 5 minutes to modify, print and sign the note. He is not changing his opinion, just clarifying it for the VA. Doc W docforvets.com

Thanks for the welcome. Doc W docforvets.com

Would be happy to speak with you about it. Can you PM me with your contact info? I have generally limited my work to my period of service; 1989-present, but will look at other cases too. Also, I wanted to make clear I am doing this at this time as a public service, pro-bono to help out fellow vets. I got flamed and banned by the http://vets.yuku.com website by some guy who didn't have the sand to sign his real name for "taking advantage of vets". I am glad the moderators at this site seem to have a little more wisdom and courtesy. Thanks, docforvets

Greetings fellow veterans. I am a board-certified occupational medicine physician, and I have developed a new website for veterans of the conflicts in Southwest Asia (1990-present) to go for the latest information about diagnosis, treatment and disability claims for injuries and illnesses arising from their service. I spent 22 years as a Medical Officer in the Navy, with active and reserve service, and I am a former VA C&P examiner. I am now in private practice, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of work-related injuries and illnesses, and I perform disability examinations on a regular basis. I have posted some new information that may be of interest about Iraq/Afghanistan War Lung Injury and the use of hyperbaric oxygen for TBI that was recently published. It is my opinion that there are many undiagnosed illnesses as well as promising treatments that many vets don't know about, and I would like to try to get the word out about these issues. Please take a look at the website and blog and tell me what you think.You can also follow me on Twitter @docforvets Thanks, John Williams, MD, MPH