Ok heres the run down. My MEB process started in 07/2008. Doctor retired and it fell through the cracks and did come to light again until beginning of 2009. Finally heard back from my first round of the MEB and they offered me a severance pay at 19 years 10 months and 10% rating. Went to the formal board in Texas in Sep 2010 and they found they same findings as the first board. So of course i sent a final appeal to the SECAF level in Oct 2010. This was basically to push me over the twenty year mark. Which was Nov 2010. The latest MRI shows black damaged disk with L4-L5 rupture and a central and right-side herniation at L5-S1.
Only thing I have been doing for PT is the walk test and waist measurement since 2008
Treatment from 2007 - 2011 has been older doctor was just to take pain medicine and live with it until I cant stand it any longer. I have had numerous spinal injections. Earlier this year I ask to see a different doctor because I have nothing but total pain 100% of the time since April. I can narrow it down either further, It was on the 14th of April. My last PT test. I killed myself to pass. My new doctor has recommended me to have bilateral laminectomy, posterior lumbar interbody fusion with a Crescent cage and bone morphogenic yadda yadda yadda!.. The fusion thing with rods and screws.
This is my problem: I was supposed to have the surgery tomorrow 3 Aug. I have the tricare approval, I also have the con leave approval from the doctor. But they told me yesterday that I have to get permission from AFPC because of the MEB and I am on an 6 month extension. I turned all of this in for AFPC permission on the 14th of July. They are saying that they may have to terminate the current MEB if they even allow me to have the surgery. From what they said it is not life threathing for the USAF to spend the money on me. They won't get anything out of it. I am sorry I hurt my back doing this job for them. Can they honestly say they wont do the surgery? They say its an elective if I choose to do it now.
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Only thing I have been doing for PT is the walk test and waist measurement since 2008
Treatment from 2007 - 2011 has been older doctor was just to take pain medicine and live with it until I cant stand it any longer. I have had numerous spinal injections. Earlier this year I ask to see a different doctor because I have nothing but total pain 100% of the time since April. I can narrow it down either further, It was on the 14th of April. My last PT test. I killed myself to pass. My new doctor has recommended me to have bilateral laminectomy, posterior lumbar interbody fusion with a Crescent cage and bone morphogenic yadda yadda yadda!.. The fusion thing with rods and screws.
This is my problem: I was supposed to have the surgery tomorrow 3 Aug. I have the tricare approval, I also have the con leave approval from the doctor. But they told me yesterday that I have to get permission from AFPC because of the MEB and I am on an 6 month extension. I turned all of this in for AFPC permission on the 14th of July. They are saying that they may have to terminate the current MEB if they even allow me to have the surgery. From what they said it is not life threathing for the USAF to spend the money on me. They won't get anything out of it. I am sorry I hurt my back doing this job for them. Can they honestly say they wont do the surgery? They say its an elective if I choose to do it now.
Thanks