 Re: MEB for back
Hi Jason and Builtgypsy,
Thank you so much for both of your advice.
So no matter how many problems I have in my back, they will just rate under the General rating formula for diseases and injuries of the spine? But I can be rated separately for the Cervical and Thorac area? Do they even rate for the Lumbar area? Or does the Lumbar fall under Cervical or Thorac area? Early this year (February) I had full range of motion, but my medical records also show where I had a forward flexion of 10 degrees last month. But it doesn’t state if it was the forward flexion of the cervical spine or thoracolumbar spine. But the forward flexion test was done when I was in intense pain. So now I’m extremely nervous to do my ROM test next Tuesday. If I have full range of motion, does that mean I would get 0% for both the Cervical and Thorac area? Do they rate under pain alone? Do they take into account what my MRI shows, with all the damage that is wrong with my spine? I apologize for all the questions, I’m extremely nervous about this whole process.
Thank you again for all of your help. I really appreciate this board and have learned so much from reading the overview of MEB/PEB process and other threads on this site.
Thanks,
Dvldog98
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