Does This Make Sense?

[betrayed]

I was just laying in bed thinking about my claim for chronic pain. It was listed on my first claim, they ignored it, they ignored it when I told them in my nod. They ordered a exam for it, the doctor diagnosed it and put it in the C&P report and that was the end of it. But get this, when I applied for depression on a second claim they approved it as a secondary condition to ................Serious Pain Syndrome..............WTF???????????

[betrayed]

WTF is what I just said too- when I read this ----

But then again pain itself is not a ratable disability -is it?

The disability that causes the pain is ratable with the pain considered. Right???

Wrong I think !

from the DSM-IV

307.89 Pain Disorder associated with both psychological factors and a general medical condition.........

from the CFR

Somatoform Disorders

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9421 Somatization disorder

9422 Pain disorder

9423 Undifferentiated somatoform disorder

9424 Conversion disorder

9425 Hypochondriasis

[betrayed]

Berta, remember my meeting with the Service Center Manager....................I asked during that meeting why I did not receive a rating for this...........her assistant piped up and said sir, its because you have a rating for depression, you can only have one mental health rating.........................

the problem with that answer other than its BS is that I didnt get my rating for depression until 8 months after they ignored the claim for chronic pain...............

they tried to baffle me with bull sh1t, and it worked until the next day when I realized the time line was all wrong. Plus they had the nerve to tell me this in front of my congressmans staffer which was at that meeting with me.............

Edited September 15, 2006 by FLHRCI (see edit history)

[john999]

I get drugs for chronic pain due to PN and other stuff. I got service connection for just paralysis of the nerves and not for any pain syndrome. I get plenty heavy duty pain meds and the VA says it is for SC condition. I wonder if I have another claim in there somewhere?

[betrayed]

I get drugs for chronic pain due to PN and other stuff. I got service connection for just paralysis of the nerves and not for any pain syndrome. I get plenty heavy duty pain meds and the VA says it is for SC condition. I wonder if I have another claim in there somewhere?

Get yourself a copy (library) of DSM-IV and look up the criteria for Somatoform Disorders

307.89 Pain Disorder associated with both psychological factors and a general medical condition.........

Considering that I was diagnosed with this during two different C&P's it should be a no brainer..........but were talking about RO's............the pain syndrome has to very serious to fit within the diagnostic criteria of DSM-IV, my case just happens to fit in there real good and has been diagnosed by other doctors going back 5 years. Good luck, if your like me you will need it!

Edited September 15, 2006 by FLHRCI (see edit history)

[timetowinarace]

Don't know if it makes sence or not, but it's not uncommon I don't think.

I was denied for head injury but later rated for depression secondary to head injury. No rating for the injury itself.

Figure that out.

I think they just don't pay attention to detail. Trying to get it off their desk as soon as possible I guess.

Time