i am 90% schedule and rated 100% IU i was made T&P december of 2016
I have pretty severe ptsd and all of the trimmings, migraines that are deabilitating, nightmares, sleep issues, anger control issues, confusion, short term memory is totally gone...
i have a pretty messed up left knee that i cant bend very far, because of the knee on the left i have prematurely worn my right hip from limping for years so i cont bend that leg very well at the hip
i have 5 bad discs/vertebra in my lower back L1 l2 l3 l4 and s1... one of them pushes against a nerve root which caused all sorts of seemingly unrelated issues and some of them are getting worse... i cannot urinate without being cathed... the last year i am starting to have foot drop issues and have had a few bad falls... one of them led to skinning my good knee (lol) to the fat layer and i ended up with a pretty bad staph infection... one of my problems is i have always self cathed standing... i have never been able to do it sitting... i end up bleeding... since my stability has deteriorated i cannot do the cath while standing so my wife has to do this for me 4 times a day... i cannot get up off the toilet without help... ( i forgot to mention that a fall a few years ago tore up my right shoulder so pulling myself up isnt really pretty either anymore... i cant even take a plate out of the cupboard anymore) i walk with a knee brace, back brace and a long walking stick (a cane hurts my back)
i have not been able to put on my own socks shoes, underwear or pants for 10 to 15 years
i need help getting into and out of the bed, i cant do showers because its too risky with the falling... i cant get into or out of the tub without help.
i cant wash my lower half, i can wash my face hair and front of my upper body
i cannot do my own meds... last time i "helped" my wife by getting my own meds i accidently took 3 sleeping pills (im supposed to take 1/2 of 1 per day) instead of the 3 Acetaminophen tablets i am supposed to take 3 times a day for pain and swelling... my wife ended up having to call poison control who called the local ER ahead while we were enroute to give them instructions... i did them myself because were were late for church and i was trying to help...
i cannot cook because i forget things like turning the stove off... things of this nature.
we had the phone consultation and it all seemed to go well
we had the video interview and that too went well
2 days later they denied us because "it was not in the best interest of the veteran" "i do not need 6 months of care at this time" its like lady... if it were not for wife helping me with daily living crap i would be dead... im just not sure where to go from here... should i appeal? which way? should i just forget it?
my wife has been doing this stuff for me... dressing me, putting on my braces, handling business, getting me to my appointments, driving, the past couple years she has had to step up even more caths, help walking etc etc etc for 12 years... lets put it this way after i nearly burned the house down boiling an egg she had to quit her job... she was pennalized by the IRS that year because she didnt have health insurance and was not eligible for the obamacare... thats how long she has had to carry my useless ass!
what should i do? if im not in need of help i would hate to see the person who is!!!
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i am 90% schedule and rated 100% IU i was made T&P december of 2016
I have pretty severe ptsd and all of the trimmings, migraines that are deabilitating, nightmares, sleep issues, anger control issues, confusion, short term memory is totally gone...
i have a pretty messed up left knee that i cant bend very far, because of the knee on the left i have prematurely worn my right hip from limping for years so i cont bend that leg very well at the hip
i have 5 bad discs/vertebra in my lower back L1 l2 l3 l4 and s1... one of them pushes against a nerve root which caused all sorts of seemingly unrelated issues and some of them are getting worse... i cannot urinate without being cathed... the last year i am starting to have foot drop issues and have had a few bad falls... one of them led to skinning my good knee (lol) to the fat layer and i ended up with a pretty bad staph infection... one of my problems is i have always self cathed standing... i have never been able to do it sitting... i end up bleeding... since my stability has deteriorated i cannot do the cath while standing so my wife has to do this for me 4 times a day... i cannot get up off the toilet without help... ( i forgot to mention that a fall a few years ago tore up my right shoulder so pulling myself up isnt really pretty either anymore... i cant even take a plate out of the cupboard anymore) i walk with a knee brace, back brace and a long walking stick (a cane hurts my back)
i have not been able to put on my own socks shoes, underwear or pants for 10 to 15 years
i need help getting into and out of the bed, i cant do showers because its too risky with the falling... i cant get into or out of the tub without help.
i cant wash my lower half, i can wash my face hair and front of my upper body
i cannot do my own meds... last time i "helped" my wife by getting my own meds i accidently took 3 sleeping pills (im supposed to take 1/2 of 1 per day) instead of the 3 Acetaminophen tablets i am supposed to take 3 times a day for pain and swelling... my wife ended up having to call poison control who called the local ER ahead while we were enroute to give them instructions... i did them myself because were were late for church and i was trying to help...
i cannot cook because i forget things like turning the stove off... things of this nature.
we had the phone consultation and it all seemed to go well
we had the video interview and that too went well
2 days later they denied us because "it was not in the best interest of the veteran" "i do not need 6 months of care at this time" its like lady... if it were not for wife helping me with daily living crap i would be dead... im just not sure where to go from here... should i appeal? which way? should i just forget it?
my wife has been doing this stuff for me... dressing me, putting on my braces, handling business, getting me to my appointments, driving, the past couple years she has had to step up even more caths, help walking etc etc etc for 12 years... lets put it this way after i nearly burned the house down boiling an egg she had to quit her job... she was pennalized by the IRS that year because she didnt have health insurance and was not eligible for the obamacare... thats how long she has had to carry my useless ass!
what should i do? if im not in need of help i would hate to see the person who is!!!
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At this time it seems that the attitude of the PCAFC caregiver program is to see what they can do to deny the veteran when the attitude should be to see what they can do to get the veteran enrolled in
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