Lower Back pain due to pelvic tilt

[RMF]

On my exit/retirement exam on 1996, C and P doctor noted that I have left to right pelvic tilt and right leg 7 cm. shorter than my left.  Since last year I have been having pain in my lower back, right hip pain, and right leg pain.  What is the chance of getting va disability  if I file a claim although the diagnose on my pelvic was years ago?  I just had my x-ray today and the tech showed me my pelvic tilt is still there.  

[Rivet62]

1 hour ago, RMF said:

My Physical therapist would write me a nexus. I was an aircraft mech in the navy, QA, and Nodestructive inspector climbing aircraft,  performing maintenance in small spaces, crawling fuel cell fuselage and wings which was struggle for me. I think these caused my problem now. Thanks for your input.

I could prove the positions I had to assume (the twisting, bending, and exerting in those positions) in the duties of my occupation as a "Structural Airframe Repair Specialist" by the mere height of the aircraft and also from a layman's statement by a crew chief who worked right alongside me. Fortunately, I had stayed in touch with that person over the following 35 years.  It was the height of the aircraft that caused the most problem. 

One of the things I had looked for was a schematic of the aircraft showing the height of it when it was parked. I never could find it, so I had to rely more on the buddy statement. I had to make statements that, as 5'9" person I would have to bend and twist and exert upward to work under the 4'+ - height of the belly of the aircraft.

It just so happens that all my recent doctors put into my records that I should avoid twisting and bending, the very things I had to do in service on the flightline.

I used to be able to find line drawings of aircraft online showing dimensions, etc, usually uploaded by aircraft enthusiasts, and sometimes by the manufacturers themselves, but not one of them showed the height of the aircraft from the belly to the ground.

Edited February 12, 2022 by Rivet62

[RMF]

Did you submit this in your SOC VA form 3148?  

[Rivet62]

4 minutes ago, RMF said:

Did you submit this in your SOC VA form 3148?  

No. I used MyHealth eVet messaging and it became part of my medical record.

[Rivet62]

On 2/1/2022 at 9:21 PM, RMF said:

On my exit/retirement exam on 1996, C and P doctor noted that I have left to right pelvic tilt and right leg 7 cm. shorter than my left.  Since last year I have been having pain in my lower back, right hip pain, and right leg pain.  What is the chance of getting va disability  if I file a claim although the diagnose on my pelvic was years ago?  I just had my x-ray today and the tech showed me my pelvic tilt is still there.  

I found something of interest. Rather, I found it again.

This is a video of a specialist demonstrating altered gaits, which could help in filing claims for pelvic, other musculoskeletal conditions, or nerve conditions, or disease process.

https://stanfordmedicine25.stanford.edu/the25/gait.html