Recent content by RedT343

UPDATE: I received my info back and I am medically retired (40% DoD). 20% for my lower spine and 20% for my neck and that came to the 40%! I am so grateful and appreciative of everyone in here and the whole point of the forum in the first place. Excellent info and ppl on this site.

Thanks Man I appreciate the reply, was the 100% just for the AS? Or was that total with everything else you claimed?

With my almost nonexistent range of motion because of AS, the pain and the medication I tried to be real with myself and I would do more harm than good if I tried to stay in. It’s in my best interest, physically and mentally to try a different route. I really appreciate your insight, it means a...

Thanks for the info! I did try a non-refrigerated medicine (it was a pill) to treat AS and it honestly did nothing if not made it worse. I know everyone’s body is different with certain meds but I think if you really want to treat AS, you need to be on a injectable med with physical therapy of...

Im going thr Im going thru almost the exact process right now with AS and Humira/cosentyx. What was your final rating if you don’t mind me asking?

about to hit 6 years. I don’t know my exact degree of flexibility but during the exams any bending or twisting I couldn’t do.

Good morning all, as the title says I’m active duty navy on med board. I already did all my VA exams and am about to send my papers to Washington for review. I was on Humira but didn’t really work so I’m on cosentyx now. My main question would be has anyone gone through this process and has any...