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The problem with nerve damage and spinal cord damage is that they are completely separate things. I've had an EMG test conducted and the neurologist stated that my nerves are completely fine but my spinal cord cant interpret the messages. In a nutshell I have all the symptoms of lower and upper...

I was medically retired in October of 2014 due to a botched spine surgery. I was denied claims of bilateral leg pain with radiculopathy due to no diagnosis. I just had a new mri which states the following: "The cervical spinal cord demonstrates ill-defined intrasubstance increased T2-weighted...

Thanks for the replies. I have spoken to my PEB counsel and after listening to them have decided to go along with my ratings, and I will fight the VA when I get out. The surgeon who operated on me was a civilian who practices through Madigan Army Medical Center here on JBLM. I met with my spine...

My ratings are 30 army and 80 va. I spoke to meb counsel today and that was not of much usefullness. I have been rated for cervical spondylosis with myelopathy. The radiculopathy in my legs was determined to not be service related. I had acdf back in december and my radiculopathy was present...

Thanks for your input. I don't even think Myletis is even mentioned on my conditions or anywhere else in my Percentages.

Thank you all for your support and insight. I did not post this as a pity party and none of you have treated it as such. I vented a bit in this post and that was that. I will be seeing my lawyer this coming monday and see what I can do for my appeal. Hopefully something can be done. I'm sure I...

This is what doesn't make any sense. They have ratings for damage to peripheral nerves, but nothing for the Spinal Cord. I had an EMG done. When electricity hits my muscles, they react the way they're suppose to. The problem is I have abnormal sensation and burning even though the tests all come...

EMG has already been conducted. My nerves arr fine. My spinal cord is damaged. My neurosurgeon, spine, surgeon, and neurologist all stated that an emg is useless in my case because it only tests peripheral nerves and not pathologies of the cord. Another thing my unfit condition states cervical...

I'm glad I got my 30 from the army but I'm not to happy about the 80 va. They cut me open and damaged multiple levels of my spinal cord and somehow they think that it is only worth 30 percent.

I received my ratings today. 30% pdrl from the army and 80 from va. They didnt rate my lower extremity radiculopathy because it states that there is no evidence. Ive have lower radiculopathy since acdf. I want to appeal this decision and have it put on my rated claims. Any help and feedback will...

The only motor responses I have been having trouble with is walking, and my breathing is starting to become an issue

Luckily all I have had has been trouble voiding (have episodes where it takes me upwards of 45 minuted to finish urinating). This comes in episodes and isn't constant. I'm glad to say that I don't have any more serious issues. The dorsal segment of my spinal cord in the cervical region is...

Yes, in my neurosurgeon and spinal surgeons notes and my p3 profile states intrinsic spinal cord changes . My mri results state spinal cord signal abnormalities at c3 4 5 and 6 along with compression. I asked my spine surgeon what happened during surgery and he said that because the area that my...

I had an emg conducted. Both my neurosurgeon and neurologist said that all of my nerves are fine. My spinal cord is what is damaged. The nerves are able to transmit signals but my spinal cord has a difficult time sending and receiving. I cant find any information about how or if spinal cord...

My VA rating are apparently done. I'm just waiting to find out what they are. I have been found unfit for Cervical Spondylosis with Myelopathy. My MEB was started in the middle of March and my VA ratings have just completed and I am waiting on the results. Some simple insight on what possible...

I really didnt mean if it would stop the meb process but more of what will happen to the meb process if I do have surgery. Will it stop and be reinitiated after my surgery

The only reason I am hesitant to have surgery is for a few reasons. For one it is a 10 hour operation. The longer the operation the higher the chances of having complications. This surgery is a mix of 3 different types of spine surgery. It will combine a laminectomy, corpectomy, and acdf. All of...

I saw a spine surgeon yesterday and what he told me has me up in arms over what has transpired over the last few months. My spinal cord is draped over my vertebrae at C3-C5. Basically the acdf on my c5 and c6 was completely useless and not needed. He said that even before surgery my spinal cord...

Just met with the VA representative. We went through all of my physical ailments. My P3 states "Neck pain (functional limitation after C5-C6 surgical decompression with intrinsic spinal cord changes/U3)". When I asked the representative about conducting an EMG she told me that they normally...

My surgeon said that my spinal cord has signal cord changes at c2 through c5. When he viewed them he told me that my spinal cord looks worse than before acdf. Along with the signal cord changes I also have cord flattening from c2 to c5 and he believes it is due to my spinal cord being draped...