First a little history, I injured my back in March of 1996. Was schedualed to get out in June of the same year. The military didn't do anything for my back except give me bedrest, flexoril and motrin. As soon as I got out I went into the VA system and I was rated at 0% but I was service connected for chronic muscle spasm in my mid back. I didn't know any better at the time and didn't fight. But I was having a lot of trouble with my back. Three years later I requested an upping of my percentages, and got into the VA system full time. My rating was changed to 20%. I have seen 6 or 7 Doctors and until November of last year NONE, even after begging would give me an MRI or help with finding out what was wrong with my back. The Military was the same way......I begged for an MRI or something so we knew what was going on with my back.
My Mri results showed (I haven't looked at them in a while so I may be a little off on the numbers) 5 herniated discs, 4 bulging discs, Canal stenosis, spinal stenosis, Disc degeneration, Osteoarthritis and one or two other things in my Thorasic and Lumbar. I am in Milwaukee today to talk with the Neuro......
I was just sitting her thinking about how many pain pills I have to take to keep working and it popped into my head out of no where that this might be a CUE case. If they would have done an MRI earlier we might have been able to prevent my back from getting so bad. I don't know!
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First a little history, I injured my back in March of 1996. Was schedualed to get out in June of the same year. The military didn't do anything for my back except give me bedrest, flexoril and motrin. As soon as I got out I went into the VA system and I was rated at 0% but I was service connected for chronic muscle spasm in my mid back. I didn't know any better at the time and didn't fight. But I was having a lot of trouble with my back. Three years later I requested an upping of my percentages, and got into the VA system full time. My rating was changed to 20%. I have seen 6 or 7 Doctors and until November of last year NONE, even after begging would give me an MRI or help with finding out what was wrong with my back. The Military was the same way......I begged for an MRI or something so we knew what was going on with my back.
My Mri results showed (I haven't looked at them in a while so I may be a little off on the numbers) 5 herniated discs, 4 bulging discs, Canal stenosis, spinal stenosis, Disc degeneration, Osteoarthritis and one or two other things in my Thorasic and Lumbar. I am in Milwaukee today to talk with the Neuro......
I was just sitting her thinking about how many pain pills I have to take to keep working and it popped into my head out of no where that this might be a CUE case. If they would have done an MRI earlier we might have been able to prevent my back from getting so bad. I don't know!
What do you think?
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