Joints And Bones

[les]

Hi Everyone, Over two years ago I was sevice conected 0% for complete fracture of my left collorbone. The bone never healed correctly. It looks like on x ray the bone grew on top of the other bone. By the way the fracture happened At Ft. Eustis Va. in 1973. It is quite deformed. At the C&P I could not lift arm out above 90%, forward and back was 25% With much pain. C&P Doctor set me up with a MRI. My Mri was done on Monday 5/14/07. I picked up my Radiological interpertation yesterday. The impression is 1. Abnormal appearance to the distal supraspinatus tendon at the attatchnent / footplate on the humeral head suggestive of full thickness tear. No tendon or muscle retraction. 2. Very small amount of subdeltoid bursa fluid and fluid adjacent to the supraspinatus tendon. 3. No other acute or significant findings. Since I have no idea what this mri means pehaps someome could please give me an idea if this can be repaired and of coarse if I might receive a better rating than 0%. Thanks to all. Les

[allan]

Hello les,

What it looks like to me is, you would like a neuradiologist to give an interpretation as to what the MRI results mean & on a more probable than not bases is it service connected?

Does that sound right?

Allan

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Hi Everyone, Over two years ago I was sevice conected 0% for complete fracture of my left collorbone. The bone never healed correctly. It looks like on x ray the bone grew on top of the other bone. By the way the fracture happened At Ft. Eustis Va. in 1973. It is quite deformed. At the C&P I could not lift arm out above 90%, forward and back was 25% With much pain. C&P Doctor set me up with a MRI. My Mri was done on Monday 5/14/07. I picked up my Radiological interpertation yesterday. The impression is 1. Abnormal appearance to the distal supraspinatus tendon at the attatchnent / footplate on the humeral head suggestive of full thickness tear. No tendon or muscle retraction. 2. Very small amount of subdeltoid bursa fluid and fluid adjacent to the supraspinatus tendon. 3. No other acute or significant findings. Since I have no idea what this mri means pehaps someome could please give me an idea if this can be repaired and of coarse if I might receive a better rating than 0%. Thanks to all. Les

[les]

Thanks for the info Allen. The C&P doctor was a bone and joint Dr. Hopefully he will include due to service conection.

[Berta]

Les-it takes a few weeks for the C & P report to be typed up.

You can get a copy of it by writing to the Records Access Officer at your VAMC and request it-give them your C file number on the request.

[Hoppy]

Les,

Who told you it did not heal correctly. Also, I see no mention as to any relationship between the current condition and the break in 1973. I am no doctor. However, I think it is common to allow the collar bone to heal in the manner you described. They probably did not mention the lack of any relationship as to not tip you off as to how to advance a claim and thus delay the process. They also might think that the current condition is secondary to a recent injury and just did not tell you this to keep you from going ballistic at the doctor. VA examiners get a lot of flack from veterans sometimes during an exam.

Edited May 20, 2007 by Hoppy

[les]

Les,

Who told you it did not heal correctly. Also, I see no mention as to any relationship between the current condition and the break in 1973. I am no doctor. However, I think it is common to allow the collar bone to heal in the manner you described. They probably did not mention the lack of any relationship as to not tip you off as to how to advance a claim and thus delay the process. They also might think that the current condition is secondary to a recent injury and just did not tell you this to keep you from going ballistic at the doctor. VA examiners get a lot of flack from veterans sometimes during an exam.

Hi, No one told me the collar bone did not heal correctly. I saw the xrays at the C&p and it is one bone on top of another. I assumed it did not heal correctly. With the MRI I am hopefull they can conect this secondary to weakness im my shoulder due to the fractured clavicle. Thanks!

[les]

Les,

Who told you it did not heal correctly. Also, I see no mention as to any relationship between the current condition and the break in 1973. I am no doctor. However, I think it is common to allow the collar bone to heal in the manner you described. They probably did not mention the lack of any relationship as to not tip you off as to how to advance a claim and thus delay the process. They also might think that the current condition is secondary to a recent injury and just did not tell you this to keep you from going ballistic at the doctor. VA examiners get a lot of flack from veterans sometimes during an exam.

Thanks for the comeback Hoppy! They are trying to link my deformed Clavicle to the shoulder problems as secondary. The C&P was sent back to Philadelphia Va center on 17 May 07.