Chronic Pain Claim Revisited....

[sawgunner]

Ok guys.....

A while back I posted that my claim for chronic pain syndrome had been denied due to the fact that pain was considered in my original rating for my hip and DDD in my back.

Question.....

If CPS/Pain Disorder is considered a mental health condition by the VA, how can they deny my claim for it when I have no mental health rating with VA????

I provided the VA with a letter from my shrink where he diagnosed me with Chronic Pain Syndrome under civi mental health, VA says it's pyrmiding due to the fact that I had painful range of motion... However, I have no mental health rating with the VA.

My local VA rep looked at the decision and said it muct have been a "rookie rater".

What say hadit??

This claim is going to be VERY INMPORTANT to me.

Also....

He stated that my chronic pain syndrome has accopanying depression and I"m sure he will ad anxiety and insomnia to it as well.. I have been diagnosed with an anxiety driven insomina by a sleep specialist....

Will the insomina be considered with the chronic pain claim, or is insomina not considered mental health.

I understand that you can only recieve one mental health claim.

Thanks.

[mrb]

Here is one for ya, I see everyone talking about pain disorder code 9422 and sawgunner this is what I assume you are filing your claim under. What if you have chronic fatigue syndrome diagnosis from your primary doc and chronic pain syndrome from your shrink are these different claims. Just trying to find the difference.

[carlie]

Here is one for ya, I see everyone talking about pain disorder code 9422 and sawgunner this is what I assume you are filing your claim under. What if you have chronic fatigue syndrome diagnosis from your primary doc and chronic pain syndrome from your shrink are these different claims. Just trying to find the difference.

They are not necessarily different claims but they are definitely different issue, TO be claimed.

CFS is a physical disability and Chronic Pain Syndrome - is a MH disability.

JMHO

[cooter]

Where does his insomnia come into play with his chronic pain claim, or would that be a whole different issue?

[USNDW]

My insomnia was considered to be caused by chronic pain so they added it into my "Adjustment disorder" for a 30% award. I couldn't adjust to the pain

[mrb]

USNDW

If you have a adjustment disorder, and you said you had chronic pain. Did you file a chronic pain claim. I also thought insonimia is a seperate claim. The reason I ask is im having alot of these same issues and Im new to all of the claim process and very overwhelmed.

[cooter]

Also, chronic pain most always leads to depression.