Recent content by lee77

I agree 10% for pots is awfully low. However I think I'm just lucky to have it be rated at all. I will happily walk away with the 30% pdrl and hope my VA rating will be much better. I think part of the problem is they don't fully understand how debilitating pots is/can be.

Okay so my counsel in Ft Lewis called this afternoon with this information- 20% for Intervertebral Disc Syndrome + 10% POTS. Combined rating of 30% Permanent Retirement. The POTS was rated under the code 8999 8911 (siezure disorder I believe)... now I can finally move on with my life and hope...

Update: Still waiting on a decision from PEB, work hours reduced to 4 hours a day (10-1400) with the normal lunch break (1130-1300). You do the math. Continue to have bad symptoms, fighting to get a local doctor to help me out but there are just no specialists for my condition locally.

Wow, if my case had only an hour, things could have gone a very different direction. But, as stated earlier mine was a complex one for the board. Lots of moving pieces to make them understand I am a good dedicated Soldier who has been sick for a long time without complaint. I wish everyone...

An update to any interested. Condition: POTS (autonomic disorder) IPEB found condition fitting to meet retention standards. I disagreed and requested FPEB. FPEB at Ft Lewis today, my case was sent back to the MTF due to some documents were missing in my case file, some of the timelines...

I feel the same way about my illness, an autonomic disorder. Even my lawyer in Ft. Lewis doesn't seem very positive about the outcome. Fibro, like a dysautonomia, appears to be one of those diseases they cannot see so it may be hard to judge fitness based off of medical records/tests alone...

I found out recently the FPEB is scheduled for 17 NOV in Ft Lewis. I got a letter from my Neurologist for the board stating that my illness is incompatible with military service, along with my autonomic test results. I pray this helps my case some. My neurologist also sent me to a...

I am sorry to hear about your medical troubles. POTS is bad enough on its own, but add the other multiple issues and it becomes almost too much to handle. I am doing okay with the medication but what is helping me the most is not being able to do much of anything physically. All of the things I...

Thank you, I know it will be an uphill battle to be found unfitting, it already has thus far, but regardless of how long it takes I'm going to keep fighting. I've already been going through the whole MEB process for a year. The dvd I included with my appeal was made (by dinet.org) so people with...

My apologies if this becomes long. I have a condition called Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS). It's a dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system which is charged with regulating heart rate, blood pressure, gastrointestinal issues, breathing, pulse, basically every internal...