Hello everyone, my name is Mike. I'm a veteran of the first Gulf War. I been coming to this forum for about six months but until now I've never posted anything.
My computer and writing skills are a little rusty and been hesitent to speak up. But these are desperate times for me, so I'm forced to overcome my social anxiety and awkwardness.
I'm pleased to find this forum and all you great vets. Just being amongst you all and knowing somebody out there cares has made a big difference in my attitude.
I'll get to the chase. I'm sure on of you guys can point me in the right direction. I've a history of lower back and SI joint problems going back to GW1 in 1991.
I had a Lumbar fusion L2-S1 on 3/3/10 at VAMC Louisville for my " service connected" degenerative disk disease and HNP. VARO payed my temporary UI.
Everything seemed fine. Before surgury, on 12/30/2009 I filled for an increase for my DDD which was at 40%, and for unemployability,bi-lateral radiculapathy, stenosis,
... basicly residules from my service connected surguries. On 12/21/10 I get a letter from RO saying that they are denying all my secondary claims, unemployability,
and a proposing to reduce my SC from back to 10% because the rater made a mistake when he increase me from 10% back pain/ SI joint pain and recharacterized it as
DDD w/ HNP in june of 2005 without asking for a medical opinion from the C&P doc.
I'm angry, depressed, in severe pain, on Morphine and can't tie my own shoes. So they want to pull this crap now.
I need you guys help sorting this out. I'm hoping that you moderators out there can help me ask the right questions in the appropriate forum.
Thanks in advance. I hope somebody else can't sleep and can clue in on the first steps I need to take to staighten out this mess.
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Hello everyone, my name is Mike. I'm a veteran of the first Gulf War. I been coming to this forum for about six months but until now I've never posted anything.
My computer and writing skills are a little rusty and been hesitent to speak up. But these are desperate times for me, so I'm forced to overcome my social anxiety and awkwardness.
I'm pleased to find this forum and all you great vets. Just being amongst you all and knowing somebody out there cares has made a big difference in my attitude.
I'll get to the chase. I'm sure on of you guys can point me in the right direction. I've a history of lower back and SI joint problems going back to GW1 in 1991.
I had a Lumbar fusion L2-S1 on 3/3/10 at VAMC Louisville for my " service connected" degenerative disk disease and HNP. VARO payed my temporary UI.
Everything seemed fine. Before surgury, on 12/30/2009 I filled for an increase for my DDD which was at 40%, and for unemployability,bi-lateral radiculapathy, stenosis,
... basicly residules from my service connected surguries. On 12/21/10 I get a letter from RO saying that they are denying all my secondary claims, unemployability,
and a proposing to reduce my SC from back to 10% because the rater made a mistake when he increase me from 10% back pain/ SI joint pain and recharacterized it as
DDD w/ HNP in june of 2005 without asking for a medical opinion from the C&P doc.
I'm angry, depressed, in severe pain, on Morphine and can't tie my own shoes. So they want to pull this crap now.
I need you guys help sorting this out. I'm hoping that you moderators out there can help me ask the right questions in the appropriate forum.
Thanks in advance. I hope somebody else can't sleep and can clue in on the first steps I need to take to staighten out this mess.
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