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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???????????

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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

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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.............

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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?

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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!

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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.

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