About 10 years ago I had discectomy's done on 3 vertebrate (L5, L5, S1). Then five years later as it had gotten worse I had to have a back fusion on the same 3 vertebrate. Didn't really help and it has just gotten worse. I was told that it would probably fall under Traumatic arthritis instead of IVDS? Does one rate less than the other? Was curious if anyone had the same thing done and how it went with the VA and how they rated it. ROM is very limited and painful. I take oxycontin daily as well as Lyrica twice a day for all the nerve damage in both legs.
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About 10 years ago I had discectomy's done on 3 vertebrate (L5, L5, S1). Then five years later as it had gotten worse I had to have a back fusion on the same 3 vertebrate. Didn't really help and it has just gotten worse. I was told that it would probably fall under Traumatic arthritis instead of IVDS? Does one rate less than the other? Was curious if anyone had the same thing done and how it went with the VA and how they rated it. ROM is very limited and painful. I take oxycontin daily as well as Lyrica twice a day for all the nerve damage in both legs.
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