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Have no clue where to post this so hope it's ok to put it here. I just signed onto my husband's ebenefits account for the first time. I see where it says Contentions at the top right of the page. What all should be listed under there?

No they are not combat related. So, if he gets severance he will have to pay it back unless he gets a 0% rating. I'll give him your email address when he gets home. Thanks so much!

Hopefully he will see it my way and appeal while he is still active duty. He pretty much just wants to get out as soon as possible and not thinking rationally. But what affects him, affects us as a family. Oh and about the VA rating, a VA representative said he has a good chance of 100% rating...

Yes he appealed his narsum and nothing was changed. He has DDD of the cervical spine and lumbar spine. He has more than just DDD with both but I can't remember everything at the moment. I prefer him to appeal while he is still active duty but convincing him might be hard. He is ready to go back...

He only has one condition being rated right now so we already know he will be appealing. He should be getting 10% for his shoulder, we'll see though. Do you know how the appeal process works if he waits until he gets out? I know if he does it before he gets out, he can do a informal appeal and...

I wanted to know the pros and cons of appealing the Dod decision before getting out and the pros and cons of waiting to appeal after getting out of the military. My husband hasn't gotten his ratings yet, they were just received by the peb on Oct. 24th. He was just wanting to know so I figured I...

My husband just received some records from where he gets injections in his back. I seen it says he has bilateral lumbar radiculitis. No other doctor has mentioned that to us. He had an EMG done on both legs but he didn't have any nerve damage. But if the doctor says he has radiculitis then that...

My husband asked his peblo about this and she said they'll take all of the monthly Va check until the severance pay is paid back. I read somewhere on here they just take a percentage(depends on what your rating is for the condition). After she told him this we are definitely confused on how it...

Eagleone, the system was back up and running yesterday afternoon at Ft. Riley. My husband talked to his peblo this morning and that's what she told him.

No never damage at all in either leg. I had mentioned mabe it is his sciatica before. How does he go about claiming that? He can't wear his kevlar or any body armor. He has had that on his profile for 4 months now. He said that before he got the profile that body armor made his arm worse. We...

Robert, he does have numbness in his right fingers and tingling in his right arm. I believe you commented on another post of mine about nerve damage. He had an EMG done and the doctor said there was slight nerve damage but not enough to affect his arm function. He has had a cervical MRI. It was...

He is continuing going to the doctor. He has DDD with osyeophytes(bone spurs) and disc bulge in his lumbar but that's all the MRI report said. I don't trust the MRI reports from the base hospital though after they lied on one. The first report didn't list the DDD. It was listed on the report his...

Sascha, my husband said his peblo did mention the system was messed up so it may not be sent until next week. Kb0ykg, how did have it added without going to the formal? And was it done after your ratings came back? Also, do you mean just keep going to the doctor's and everything and get records...

He had already done the IPR/IMR and that didn't help. So then my husband was told all he could do is officially appeal the NARSUM and nothing was changed. His PEBLO had him check the box that he didn't agree with the denial of the appeal and sign it. It was sent up to Ft. Lewis today.

Tuesday my husband's PEBLO called and told him his appeal to add somethings was denied. We figured that would happen. My husband brought home the letter last night that the doctor wrote denying it. Well, I noticed in the letter he said my husband has no neuroforminal narrowing in his neck...

My husband had an EMG done last week. The doctor said he has slight nerve damage in his right arm but not enough to affect the function of his arm at this moment. My husband didn't ask if it will get worse over time. He has neuroforminal narrowing on his right and left cervical spine, mostly on...

Thanks. He is going to ask the neurologist about it. His PA actually just ETS'd so hopefully whoever he sees now, will be as willing to help as his previous PA. I will tell him to also call tricare and see if they can give him any options.

I beleive it was just a doctor here on base that dictates reports because his PA referred him to a neurologistt to have an EMG done. He had that done last week and the doctor said he has some nerve damage but not enough to affect his function at this moment. The doctor is sending him to physical...

Not sure where to put this so hope it's ok here. I was wondering if it is possible to have a second MRI done somewhere besides the base hospital, without paying for all of it ourselves? It's clear that either the docor who did my husband's MRI report is either biased to the army or doesn't know...

That's ok, we all have bad days. I was pretty sure you meant to quote me. Thanks.