For better or worse, I no longer have to wonder what the outcome will be.
Here is my first post here (brief synopsis of my issues)
"Hi everyone,
New here. Medically discharged in 2007 from the Army after 5 years service with issues from back, hearing loss, mental health, etc. Returned from Korea to Ft Gordon Med Hold where I stayed for 8-9 months and received a 0% rating twice despite being prescribed 210 lortab, 90 flexiril, zoloft, ambien, and valium (only for panic attacks) and having to use a cane from time to time. Medical hold at that time was a f*ckin nightmare. Cadre treated everyone like children and the medical staff made you feel worthless (which didn't take much given the situation), so I took the second 0% rating and ran with hopes of the VA giving me a better shake.
At the end of the day I was medically discharged with 0% for.....wait for it........wait for it..........shin splints. No BS
Check into the VA a short time after being discharged and they perform a thorough examination over the course of a week or so, and they come back with very different results. Mental health stuff was similar to what the Army had already found, Anxiety disorder, Severe clinical depression, manic, etc. But the physical was very different. Sure, I had shin splints and my legs and toes would go numb, but the VA found that I had/have PARS syndrome (spondylolisthesis & spondylosis) [as well as about 10 other things found to be service connected]. So they awarded 60%, which is currently being reevaluated for increase."
NOW - That increase was completed last year by the VA and moved from 60 to 90. Having said that, the PDBR did what I expected them to do. I received a recommendation of "no change". So, my rating will remain at 0%. I am not shocked by this. The only thing I would like to know is how they justify the prescriptions coupled with the rating. Ultimately, it does me more good than harm by not changing my rating. My wife is AD, and I don't have to pay back my severance. Also, the VA has never done me wrong (quite the opposite actually).
So, at the end of the day, I waited a couple of years for the Army to do what it did many years ago..... BOCA
GLTA
Here is my first post here (brief synopsis of my issues)
"Hi everyone,
New here. Medically discharged in 2007 from the Army after 5 years service with issues from back, hearing loss, mental health, etc. Returned from Korea to Ft Gordon Med Hold where I stayed for 8-9 months and received a 0% rating twice despite being prescribed 210 lortab, 90 flexiril, zoloft, ambien, and valium (only for panic attacks) and having to use a cane from time to time. Medical hold at that time was a f*ckin nightmare. Cadre treated everyone like children and the medical staff made you feel worthless (which didn't take much given the situation), so I took the second 0% rating and ran with hopes of the VA giving me a better shake.
At the end of the day I was medically discharged with 0% for.....wait for it........wait for it..........shin splints. No BS
Check into the VA a short time after being discharged and they perform a thorough examination over the course of a week or so, and they come back with very different results. Mental health stuff was similar to what the Army had already found, Anxiety disorder, Severe clinical depression, manic, etc. But the physical was very different. Sure, I had shin splints and my legs and toes would go numb, but the VA found that I had/have PARS syndrome (spondylolisthesis & spondylosis) [as well as about 10 other things found to be service connected]. So they awarded 60%, which is currently being reevaluated for increase."
NOW - That increase was completed last year by the VA and moved from 60 to 90. Having said that, the PDBR did what I expected them to do. I received a recommendation of "no change". So, my rating will remain at 0%. I am not shocked by this. The only thing I would like to know is how they justify the prescriptions coupled with the rating. Ultimately, it does me more good than harm by not changing my rating. My wife is AD, and I don't have to pay back my severance. Also, the VA has never done me wrong (quite the opposite actually).
So, at the end of the day, I waited a couple of years for the Army to do what it did many years ago..... BOCA
GLTA