Here it goes, in January of this year my husband joined the army. During the last few weeks of basic training he started having alot of pain in his hips. He was told it was muscle related but during his final road march he only made it 3 miles before his hip broke. The femoral neck on the left side ended up with three screws, and another stress fracture was found in his right hip. He spent months in a wheel chair waiting for them to heal. His range of motion is horrible now and he takes narcotics everyday for the pain. He is unable to carry or 2yr old son more than a few feet at a time, can't climb stairs, run, or walk for more than a block without use of a cane or crutches. We have been told that he will end up with arthritis in the future and a possible hip replacement on the left side. The right side now has sclerosis due to bleeding of the fracture. His doctors told him that he's unable to perform the duties he'd need to, in order to remain in the Army. So the Medical Board process was started.
Yesterday his findings came back with a rating of only 10% for slight constant pain. He was not rated for the injuries to his hips or lack of range of motion. Not to mention that the pain he does have is serve enough to require narcotics everyday. He wants to go to Texas for the formal appeal. But we've been told that there's no point in going because the rating won’t be changed.
Someone please help, his injuries are going to cause him pain for the rest of his life. He's only 23 and his injuries could really prevent him from finding a job to support our family. What should we do, no one here is willing to help, they just keep trying to talk him out of going to Texas. He's told to think about kids and I, yet we're all he's thinking about.
We've spent hours trying to find info on hip fractures or related injuries and how it's rated but we can't seem to find anything that we're looking for. Thanks
Yesterday his findings came back with a rating of only 10% for slight constant pain. He was not rated for the injuries to his hips or lack of range of motion. Not to mention that the pain he does have is serve enough to require narcotics everyday. He wants to go to Texas for the formal appeal. But we've been told that there's no point in going because the rating won’t be changed.
Someone please help, his injuries are going to cause him pain for the rest of his life. He's only 23 and his injuries could really prevent him from finding a job to support our family. What should we do, no one here is willing to help, they just keep trying to talk him out of going to Texas. He's told to think about kids and I, yet we're all he's thinking about.
We've spent hours trying to find info on hip fractures or related injuries and how it's rated but we can't seem to find anything that we're looking for. Thanks