Well thats exactly what happened. the military diagnosed me with ilioinguinal nerve neuroma and ended up giving me three hernia operations. I recieved a medical discharge because i could no longer perform my duties. When I went to the VA they did the exact same thing and gave me another hernia operation. this all happened in the 70's and early 80's. After seeing over forty doctors that only would prescribe meds and send me home I got lucky and this nurse practitioner sent me for a CT-Scan and found that my problem was completely different than what I was originally diagnosed with without even looking at my med records. She sent me back for a full MRI and the main VAMC immediately called me in for surjury in 2002. I went from 10% to 100% permanent because I loss the use of my legs. My rating decision changed my original diagnoses to severe spinal canal stenosis.
I sent in a NOD on my rating decision of March 22 2003 because they gave me an effective date of April 2002. Went to a DRO hearing and was sent a denial for effective date of spinal canal stenosis with the loss of use of both legs. Well this pissed me off so I appealed the denial in the SOC mainly because they did not answer my question. I asked for the effective date for spinal canal stenosis only, the loss of use of both legs was not the issue and should have not been decided on because it was a special entitlement in my rating decision and asked them again to give me a decision on the effective date of spinal stenosis only.
I can't believe that they changed my wording in my appeal and denied me on it. With the medical evidence I sent in showing all my back pain complaints while they where operating on me for hernia's including giving me a spinal tap during one of the procedures I feel I've tipped things in my favor as far as them giving me an effective date of Sept 1980 instead of April 2002.
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Well thats exactly what happened. the military diagnosed me with ilioinguinal nerve neuroma and ended up giving me three hernia operations. I recieved a medical discharge because i could no longer perform my duties. When I went to the VA they did the exact same thing and gave me another hernia operation. this all happened in the 70's and early 80's. After seeing over forty doctors that only would prescribe meds and send me home I got lucky and this nurse practitioner sent me for a CT-Scan and found that my problem was completely different than what I was originally diagnosed with without even looking at my med records. She sent me back for a full MRI and the main VAMC immediately called me in for surjury in 2002. I went from 10% to 100% permanent because I loss the use of my legs. My rating decision changed my original diagnoses to severe spinal canal stenosis.
I sent in a NOD on my rating decision of March 22 2003 because they gave me an effective date of April 2002. Went to a DRO hearing and was sent a denial for effective date of spinal canal stenosis with the loss of use of both legs. Well this pissed me off so I appealed the denial in the SOC mainly because they did not answer my question. I asked for the effective date for spinal canal stenosis only, the loss of use of both legs was not the issue and should have not been decided on because it was a special entitlement in my rating decision and asked them again to give me a decision on the effective date of spinal stenosis only.
I can't believe that they changed my wording in my appeal and denied me on it. With the medical evidence I sent in showing all my back pain complaints while they where operating on me for hernia's including giving me a spinal tap during one of the procedures I feel I've tipped things in my favor as far as them giving me an effective date of Sept 1980 instead of April 2002.
Your opinion please?
Bigvic
100% permanent, Severe Spinal Canal Stenosis
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