Had asked help for Lumbar DDD on my prior post. I did received good advise from many on this board. Thank you.
However, more I look through my SMR, more questions comes through my head.
Question:
1. Why different wording used?
2. Did my condition got worst?
3. I had recently filed for the va claim and completed C&P exam. No result was given (No ROM). What is the minimum rating should I expect from this. I am being treated with Roxicet, Flexeril, Prednison, Motrin, and Mobic or past 12 months for pain. NO bed rest.
CT result: 19 DEC 05
L1-2: There is mild bilateral facet sclerosis. No evidence of disc herniation, central stenosis or neural foraminal narrowing.
L2-3: There is bulging disc causing mild central canal stenosis and minimal neural foraminal narrowing bilaterally. Bilateral facet sclerosis is also present.
L3-4: Buldging disc which indents the anterior thecal sac without causing central stenosis. There is hypertrophy of the ligamentum flavum. Mild left neural foraminal narrowing is also evident.
L4-5: There is a small broad-based bulge and disc space narrowing, causing mild bilateral neural foraminal narrowing. Bilateral facet sclerosis is also evident.
L5-S1: Conjoined L5-S1 left nerve root. A small broad-based bulge appears to contact the left S1 nerve root without displacing it. No evidence of neural foraminal narrowing or central stenosis.
MRI result: 1 Nov 2006
Diffuse degenerative disc desciccation without significant loss of disc height from L2-L3 through L5-S1.
L2-L3 diffuse annular bulge with a small posterior annular tear mildly indenting the ventral thecal sac and causing mild spinal canal narrowing. The neural foramina are patent.
L3-L4 posterior annular buldge with small central to right paracentral disc protrusion causing mild to moderate spinal narrowing. There is disc contact with the right L4 nerve root in the lateral recess, which is asymmetrically larger relative to the left.
L4-L5 posterior disc protrusion-endplate osteophyte complex, bilateral facet and ligamenta flava degenerative change, which result in mild to moderate spinal canal and moderate right lateral recess/ subarticular zone narrowing. There is disc osteophte contact with the bilateral L5 nerve roots, worse in the right.
L5-S1 bilateral facet hypertrophy and posterior disc and endplate osteophte complex, but no significant spinal or neural foraminal narrowing, nor nerve root displacement.
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MRI vs CT result.
Had asked help for Lumbar DDD on my prior post. I did received good advise from many on this board. Thank you.
However, more I look through my SMR, more questions comes through my head.
Question:
1. Why different wording used?
2. Did my condition got worst?
3. I had recently filed for the va claim and completed C&P exam. No result was given (No ROM). What is the minimum rating should I expect from this. I am being treated with Roxicet, Flexeril, Prednison, Motrin, and Mobic or past 12 months for pain. NO bed rest.
CT result: 19 DEC 05
L1-2: There is mild bilateral facet sclerosis. No evidence of disc herniation, central stenosis or neural foraminal narrowing.
L2-3: There is bulging disc causing mild central canal stenosis and minimal neural foraminal narrowing bilaterally. Bilateral facet sclerosis is also present.
L3-4: Buldging disc which indents the anterior thecal sac without causing central stenosis. There is hypertrophy of the ligamentum flavum. Mild left neural foraminal narrowing is also evident.
L4-5: There is a small broad-based bulge and disc space narrowing, causing mild bilateral neural foraminal narrowing. Bilateral facet sclerosis is also evident.
L5-S1: Conjoined L5-S1 left nerve root. A small broad-based bulge appears to contact the left S1 nerve root without displacing it. No evidence of neural foraminal narrowing or central stenosis.
MRI result: 1 Nov 2006
Diffuse degenerative disc desciccation without significant loss of disc height from L2-L3 through L5-S1.
L2-L3 diffuse annular bulge with a small posterior annular tear mildly indenting the ventral thecal sac and causing mild spinal canal narrowing. The neural foramina are patent.
L3-L4 posterior annular buldge with small central to right paracentral disc protrusion causing mild to moderate spinal narrowing. There is disc contact with the right L4 nerve root in the lateral recess, which is asymmetrically larger relative to the left.
L4-L5 posterior disc protrusion-endplate osteophyte complex, bilateral facet and ligamenta flava degenerative change, which result in mild to moderate spinal canal and moderate right lateral recess/ subarticular zone narrowing. There is disc osteophte contact with the bilateral L5 nerve roots, worse in the right.
L5-S1 bilateral facet hypertrophy and posterior disc and endplate osteophte complex, but no significant spinal or neural foraminal narrowing, nor nerve root displacement.
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