I recently spoke with the VARO in regards to my current claims. I wonder how much evidence do I need to make a connection?
When I fell down a flight of stairs, during boot camp in November 1992, I was given the full once over by the ER staff. At the time my neck was hurting, as was many other body parts. But when they checked me over, they found no specific injury. VARO told me that this in itself is not enough to quantify scheduling a C&P exam. I had a an exam for my neck with x-rays, which showed some recalcification of C-5 and C-6. And I have radiculapathy symptoms in both arms. The only difference being the first claim was filed as secondary to my back. I had completely forgotten about my neck hurting after that fall. And pretty much ever since then I've been on pain meds of varying degrees and flavors. The current claim was filed as a primary SC claim.
Next I have a claim for painful jaw condition. I have about 6 entries in my STR from both medical and dental visits. I was having intense pain in my jaw muscles, from clenching my teeth. I don't recall ever being DXd with anything, and they weren't able to pinpoint the cause. Of course they weren't even considering stress as the cause. Now my teeth are quite worn, my dentist has noted for years that my teeth look like I've been using sand paper as chewing gum. My jaw aches all the time, even though the intense muscle pain occurs infrequently, it still happens.
I'm going to my PCP on Monday, do I need to address these issues with him?
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I recently spoke with the VARO in regards to my current claims. I wonder how much evidence do I need to make a connection?
When I fell down a flight of stairs, during boot camp in November 1992, I was given the full once over by the ER staff. At the time my neck was hurting, as was many other body parts. But when they checked me over, they found no specific injury. VARO told me that this in itself is not enough to quantify scheduling a C&P exam. I had a an exam for my neck with x-rays, which showed some recalcification of C-5 and C-6. And I have radiculapathy symptoms in both arms. The only difference being the first claim was filed as secondary to my back. I had completely forgotten about my neck hurting after that fall. And pretty much ever since then I've been on pain meds of varying degrees and flavors. The current claim was filed as a primary SC claim.
Next I have a claim for painful jaw condition. I have about 6 entries in my STR from both medical and dental visits. I was having intense pain in my jaw muscles, from clenching my teeth. I don't recall ever being DXd with anything, and they weren't able to pinpoint the cause. Of course they weren't even considering stress as the cause. Now my teeth are quite worn, my dentist has noted for years that my teeth look like I've been using sand paper as chewing gum. My jaw aches all the time, even though the intense muscle pain occurs infrequently, it still happens.
I'm going to my PCP on Monday, do I need to address these issues with him?
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I will ask my PCP about the neck issue, as a starting point, since I will be seeing him this coming Monday. Same for jaw. Thanks, Navy and pwrslm. Semper Fi Andyman
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Ok, update time, I saw my PCP on Friday. Spoke about a bunch of stuff. He requested a MRI for my neck. He looked at my current VA treatment records and saw where it has been over 3 years now s
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