DENIED!
I am disappointed in the outcome but I am not surprised.
I get that his was based on range of motion and such. Being young and thinking you have to be tough all the damn time, not taking into consideration how sucking it up can affect the rest of your life.
The military wants warriors not titty babies that run to sick call every time they've got a booboo. However this an lead to suppressing the legit booboo's and that can be a huge mistake when your walking around for a few years with a fractured L4. Even post surgery and PEB I acted like the though guy. Nothing to see here. I'm just fine. Pain what pain? Same goes for the mental side of the house. If you're hurting you've got to talk about it. Let your doc know when they ask you specifics. It wasn't until I had been out for about 3-4 years did it all come crashing down. It's kinda hard to justify rating increases when you've been such a tough guy all this time. Well. That's what I was trained to do. Don't think about that. Drive on. Push through. Don't let things get to you. Pain is weakness leaving the body.
"Pain is temporary pride is forever" was on the wall of my barracks bay when I was in basic training. They taught us to embrace he suck. If you feel pain keep on going your body will adapt. This is true to an extent. But when you're hurt and you know you shouldn't be jumping out of the Blackhawk dangling from a rope in all your gear, you know that hooking up a sling load and jumping off the 9" container isn't a good idea but you do it anyway because it's your job, you hide the pain because you can't let your subordinates know you're weak, AND you know you shouldn't run the 12mile ruck in 2hrs that shit may hurt your spine in 10 years. But you do it all anyway because that is what soldiers sailers and marines do....and airman. Looking back I should have tapped early on. I'd still be in the same boat, but maybe just maybe I would hurt he way I do at 39.
And to top it all off the Army signed off on this back in July 2016. I'm just now getting notified AND I had to contact ARBA to get the documents mailed to me. Wow!
I am disappointed in the outcome but I am not surprised.
I get that his was based on range of motion and such. Being young and thinking you have to be tough all the damn time, not taking into consideration how sucking it up can affect the rest of your life.
The military wants warriors not titty babies that run to sick call every time they've got a booboo. However this an lead to suppressing the legit booboo's and that can be a huge mistake when your walking around for a few years with a fractured L4. Even post surgery and PEB I acted like the though guy. Nothing to see here. I'm just fine. Pain what pain? Same goes for the mental side of the house. If you're hurting you've got to talk about it. Let your doc know when they ask you specifics. It wasn't until I had been out for about 3-4 years did it all come crashing down. It's kinda hard to justify rating increases when you've been such a tough guy all this time. Well. That's what I was trained to do. Don't think about that. Drive on. Push through. Don't let things get to you. Pain is weakness leaving the body.
"Pain is temporary pride is forever" was on the wall of my barracks bay when I was in basic training. They taught us to embrace he suck. If you feel pain keep on going your body will adapt. This is true to an extent. But when you're hurt and you know you shouldn't be jumping out of the Blackhawk dangling from a rope in all your gear, you know that hooking up a sling load and jumping off the 9" container isn't a good idea but you do it anyway because it's your job, you hide the pain because you can't let your subordinates know you're weak, AND you know you shouldn't run the 12mile ruck in 2hrs that shit may hurt your spine in 10 years. But you do it all anyway because that is what soldiers sailers and marines do....and airman. Looking back I should have tapped early on. I'd still be in the same boat, but maybe just maybe I would hurt he way I do at 39.
And to top it all off the Army signed off on this back in July 2016. I'm just now getting notified AND I had to contact ARBA to get the documents mailed to me. Wow!