rmiller2094

Jack, I am being seen this weekend for a fit for duty evaluation on the following medical conditions: 1. Partial compression fracture at T6,T7 and T8 to T10 as well as a broad-based disc protrusion at the T7-T8 level without spinal stenosis or cord compression although there was anterior impingement. This causes me to have numness in both shourlders down to my elbows and extreme pain between my should blades down to my lower back all the time. 2. Disc space narrowing at the L4-L5 level which causes low back pain and spasmes. This only happens once every other month. 3. Total Right Knee Replacement done with a second surgeory to exchange the polyethylene hoping to fix the instability issues. This did not work and still have pain and instability issues with bylateral issues with left knee pain. 4. Major Depression - have been diagnosed with major medical depression because of the chronic pain disorder and firbromyalgia. 5. Migraines - I have at least one per month if not two. Some of the VA personel I've talked to and they said that if I don't get rated at 100 % that I should'nt have any problem of getting 100% unemployabilty. Let me know what you think still about weither I should do MEB/PEB or Retire? Thanks

Can somebody tell me which is the better route to go; I have 22 years of active duty service with consider medical issues, do I retire or go through the MEB/PEB process? can you get both PEB check and concurrent receipt?

How do you know if you qualify for IU? I am a Soldier, still on active duty, with a total knee replacement with servier stability issues which require me to wear a knee brace and in pain all the time. Thats not all I also have fibromyalgia that makes the pain worse in all my joints and to top it all off I have the vertibra in my back between c3 and c9 with c6,7,8 crushing down on my spinal cord taking my breath away every time I take in a deep breath. I am on constunt pain medication making it somewhat unsafe to drive; my wife will let me drive to work and home and that it. I am not in the process for MEB/PEB because I have reached 22 years of active duty service and was told that I would be better off to retire then go through the process.

How do you know if you qualify for IU? I am a Soldier, still on active duty, with a total knee replacement with servier stability issues which require me to wear a knee brace and in pain all the time. Thats not all I also have fibromyalgia that makes the pain worse in all my joints and to top it all off I have the vertibra in my back between c3 and c9 with c6,7,8 crushing down on my spinal cord taking my breath away every time I take in a deep breath. I am on constunt pain medication making it somewhat unsafe to drive; my wife will let me drive to work and home and that it.

Does anybody out their know the process on how the VA detemines that you have Fibromyalgia and how the determine the amount? Also do you have to go through another exam or do they take the civilian doctors reports and is their a required pain level you have to be in to qualify? I have been diagnosted with Fibromyalgia, T6 through T8 disc compression (compressing on the spinal cord), Total right Knee Replacement with instability issues requiring me ware a brace almost constantly causing bilatteral knee pain with hip pain also , CPA Machine, 2 to 3 Migraines per month, Hypertension. If anybody can help me out on what the VA with comp me for on this it would help? Thanks Robert