AJ's Pain

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Great news yesterday, My claim for increase and TDIU was granted. I am truly shocked at how quickly the WI VA moved on this one. I have been service connected at 30% for 5 years and until last April, I was doing really well. In April I had a major breakdown, couldn't drive anymore, forget to eat and couldn't take my own meds. Of course, I could not longer work either. We put in a claim for an increase with a Hardship and within 4 months I was grated 80% SC. We then immediately filed for TDIU and for 6 weeks they lost my claim. But as soon as they realized their error they rushed it through and 3 weeks letter I am just waiting on the decision packet in the mail. My VSO told me it had all been approved. This was so fast and my VSO and Drs did most of the work for me(I couldn't even think straight). They also helped my wife get VA Caregiver status as she has to stay home and care for me at this time.
There are good VA's out there that really care and try to help. I just wanted to share the good news. I also realize that I am extremely lucky that it went this way for me, I have read all of the horror stories and I was scared to death I would not receive the help I needed. I love this forum and all of the wonderful info one here. Thanks for being here for me, even I wasn't involved all that often.
AJ

Great news yesterday, My claim for increase and TDIU was granted. I am truly shocked at how quickly the WI VA moved on this one. I have been service connected at 30% for 5 years and until last April, I was doing really well. In April I had a major breakdown, couldn't drive anymore, forget to eat and couldn't take my own meds. Of course, I could not longer work either. We put in a claim for an increase with a Hardship and within 4 months I was grated 80% SC. We then immediately filed for TDIU and for 6 weeks they lost my claim. But as soon as they realized their error they rushed it through and 3 weeks letter I am just waiting on the decision packet in the mail. My VSO told me it had all been approved. This was so fast and my VSO and Drs did most of the work for me(I couldn't even think straight). They also helped my wife get VA Caregiver status as she has to stay home and care for me at this time.
There are good VA's out there that really care and try to help. I just wanted to share the good news. I also realize that I am extremely lucky that it went this way for me, I have read all of the horror stories and I was scared to death I would not receive the help I needed. I love this forum and all of the wonderful info one here. Thanks for being here for me, even I wasn't involved all that often.
AJ

Why is the VA so frakked up? I really want to use the 'F' word..! Yesterday I go to take some stupid lessons on how to inject some meds through my muscle and fat....
I didn't feel the needle at a, so that went ok,,, I went to some stores for some shopping when I picked up my wife on the way home. Today I wake up and my leg feels like it was kicked by a horse where I injected testosterone, (they said my tests show the level was to low.) I always do as my doctors tell me. I am always open to them, I have never lied... but when the nurse calls me, she is telling me they will not send my monthly pain meds unless I sign some form saying I will not abuse drugs.

She says I have to get my last doctor who prescribed my drugs to sign a form, a release saying I will only get pain meds from my VA doctor. I told the nurse that I have only taken meds form the va for the last 20 years. That I was getting my pain meds from my VA primary care doctor where I used to live, at the VA clinic. She says they thought I was getting drugs from outside doctors. I have no frakkin idea where they get this bogus info~... ! They have all my VA records, why don't they read them!!! Arrrgh.. then they tell me my last drug test,, actually I think they just took one of my usual blood tests that I get quite often and used some of the blood to check me, to spy on whatever is in m y blood She was saying something about the VA checks for drugs in your blood. Anways, my blood test are ok and they are consstent with what the va prescribes me. I could tell them that, I only take what the va gives me. Anyways, then she tells me I have to sign a form before they send my pain pills. I drove there yesterday to my primary care was there 45 minutes. Now she says I need to sign a form, but they didn't ell me when I was there! It is a 150 miles, round trip! She says she will mail the forms, then says they don't have my P.O. Box, we don't use a mail box. I tell her well they have to have both my physical address and my P.O. box because the VA sends me meds through both my p.o. box and by ups to my physical address. So, they will send me the g___dam form, I will sign and return it to.. get the drugs that help contro my severe chronic pain, the ones that they are dropping my dose on, saying my pain meds were above the level they would allow! Meanwhile the pain doctor had me go through many appointments and another MRI just to get my spinal shot, that I was getting every three months in San Diego, but she stopped them here and I am suffering so bad I am ready to crawl too get around! The San Diego VA was sending me notices saying hurry up and get my spinal shot, yet the pain doctor stopped them up here! I did everything they ask, yet they have bogus info, assume wrong info , and refuse to listen, and then spy on me to see if I am doctor shopping!

I hope some reams there asses! I hope someone is listening who can helps us poor vets are getting FD..ed every which way. They are really crazy whoever is running the VA! The San Diego treated me very good, up here they are totally screwed up! again, I don't take illegal drugs, I only need to continue the excellent treatment I got down south... is that to much to ask!!?? Not all doctors are messed up or nurses but something is totally wrong up here they can't seem to get their records straight, refuse to read the VA records a vet has from other va clinics.. and refuses to continue ongoing treatments without putting you through hell!