lumbosacral New Mri Results. What Are My Chances For My New Claim? Help Back Experts!

[silverdollar22]

Had my latest MRI done before my C&P and the results are in. Thought my back was hurting worse and the numbness and pain in my legs worse but WOW did'nt know it was this bad. I'm fileing for Degenerative Disc Disease of Back (secondary to: low back pain with minimal degenerative changes of left sacroiliac joint) (Secondary), Spinal Stenosis (affecting both legs) (New), Degenerative Arthritis (left hip) (New), Degenerative Arthritis (Lumbar spine) (New), Intervertebral Disc Syndrome (New). Here are my results,

Report:

MRI Lumbar Spine

Sagittal STIR and sagittal and axial T1 weighted, T2 weighted

images of the lumbosacral spine were obtained.

Findings:

Comparison to MRI of the lumbar spine on 8/4/11. Normal

alignment of the lumbar sacral spine is visualized. Heterogenuos

bone marrow signal is noted likely due to degenerative changes.

L5-S1 Modic type II changes. At T12-L1, L1-2 there is disc

desiccation, mild diffuse disc bulging with mild facet joint

hypertrophy without significant neural foramina narrowing.

Normal appearance for the patient's age. At L2 L3 there is a

right paracentral and foraminal disc protrusion with extrusion

and mild superior migration, producing narrowing of the right

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lateral recess and posterior displacement of the right L3 nerve

root. Protrusion contacts and produce mild displacement of the a

right L2 nerve root within the neural foramen. At L3-4 mild disc

narrowing and desiccation, diffuse disc bulging without

significant central spinal canal narrowing. Mild bilateral facet

joint hypertrophy without significant neural foramen narrowing.

Unchanged in comparison to prior At L4-5 there is disc

narrowing, bulging and desiccation with moderate facet joint

hypertrophy, ligamentum flavum hypertrophy and bilateral mild

neural foramina narrowing. Unchanged in comparison to the prior.

At L5-S1 severe disc narrowing and desiccation with moderate

facet joint hypertrophy, ligamentum flavum hypertrophy and

bilateral mild neural foramina narrowing. There is a mild

degenerative retrolisthesis of L5 on S1. Unchanged in comparison

to the prior.

The conus medullaris ends at the lower portion of L2 body. Cauda

equina demonstrated no compression. No evidence of paraspinous

soft tissue abnormality.

Impression:

1. L2 L3 right paracentral and foraminal disc protrusion with

extrusion and mild superior migration, producing mild

displacement of the right L2 nerve within the neural foramen and

the right L3 nerve within the lateral recess. Please correlate

clinically for right L2 and/or L3 radiculopathies.

What do you Experts think my chances are ??? I am service connected for my sacroillac and lower back at 10%.

Any help would be appreaciated,

Eric

Edited June 16, 2014 by silverdollar22

[iceturkee]

Thanks man,

I do have BCBS from work and can see a private doctor. Until i joined this site i did'nt know that i could use my old civilian doctor to help my claims. I will request to see a neurosurgeon from my VA doctor and see what happens. If that is going to take to long i'll go the other route. Sometimes i just feel like giving up on this whole mess. It feels good to talk about this to someone other than my wife because she says i'm obsessed with my back. She is clueless about the pain!!!

didn't the va say you weren't a surgical candidate? if so, i would dobut they will send you to see a neurosurgeon. only way they would send you to see one is if surgery is imminent.. you might have better luck with a neurologist.

[Scout Swimmer]

I hope you get what you need, and get better.

I am 20% for cervical strain. I re-injured it about 2 months ago. Been on pain killers ever since. My private doctor said it has become degenerative and arthritic. I am experiecing incredible pain in multipal area's of my left upper back, left upper chest, left shoulder, left arm, all the way down to my fingers. My private doctor schedualed me to see the nurologists later this month.

This is agonizing and very hard to deal with to say the least!

I already see the writing on the wall. I wil have no idea how to write these contentions into a claim which maximizes effectiveness, which is why we come to this forum.

Edited June 23, 2014 by Philgrenier