Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts to my adjustment disorder rating. I am currently rated 30% from 2002 and have appealed that I should be rated higher. They are finally getting around to the exam now. I am rated secondary do to my service connected back. My symptoms from the start have been multiple panic attacks daily, lose of work because I have to leave based on the attacks, eight jobs in four years, some I was fired for missing time, others I quit because I couldn't get along with boss and co-workers and was being written up. I have been taking zoloft 60mg once a day, ativan 1mg three times a day (increased from .5 in 2004), buspar 20mg four times a day (increased from 10mg three times a day in 2004), and of course my four courses of oxycoden a day for the back and nerve pain. The pain has been so bad the last two years I have been crying a lot. I am consistently fighting with my wife because I can't do anything around the house. I can't watch or pick up the kids. When I do leave the house I won’t leave without extra meds because I am scared of an attack. My wife has to drive me to work because I am so doped up. When I originally appealed they stated I have some symptoms of 50% but not enough to get it. I also have a problem showing emotions and telling it like it is in these exams. Any advice on what I should do next week at the exam? Thanks.
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Hi Everyone,
Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts to my adjustment disorder rating. I am currently rated 30% from 2002 and have appealed that I should be rated higher. They are finally getting around to the exam now. I am rated secondary do to my service connected back. My symptoms from the start have been multiple panic attacks daily, lose of work because I have to leave based on the attacks, eight jobs in four years, some I was fired for missing time, others I quit because I couldn't get along with boss and co-workers and was being written up. I have been taking zoloft 60mg once a day, ativan 1mg three times a day (increased from .5 in 2004), buspar 20mg four times a day (increased from 10mg three times a day in 2004), and of course my four courses of oxycoden a day for the back and nerve pain. The pain has been so bad the last two years I have been crying a lot. I am consistently fighting with my wife because I can't do anything around the house. I can't watch or pick up the kids. When I do leave the house I won’t leave without extra meds because I am scared of an attack. My wife has to drive me to work because I am so doped up. When I originally appealed they stated I have some symptoms of 50% but not enough to get it. I also have a problem showing emotions and telling it like it is in these exams. Any advice on what I should do next week at the exam? Thanks.
USMC 1st Battalion 1st Marines 1st Marine Division 91-95
100% P&T
"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation."
George Washington
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