Good evening, all. I apologize if I seem naive with this, but I am naive when it comes to this.
Either way, I am the spouse of someone in the Navy and he has been seeing a neurologist for a little under a year now. He has been in eight years this November. In that time, they have run tests and put him on 3-5 different medications for migraines. He has migraines about six days a week on a bad week - four days a week on a good week. They are horrible and through these migraines, he has continued to push on as much as humanly possible and has accumulated awards, high evals and has ranked up, even. They have done scans, the works - and he is now even going to a pain psychologist as well for this.
EDITED TO ADD: He has blood pressure issues [just the past two years] where he is now on an extremely high dose of medication for, but they have determined the BP issues have nothing to do with the migraines.
He has received botox injections once. The reason the neurologist didn't do it another time, was because he is on shore duty and about a year out from going back to sea duty. They cannot do botox injections while he is on sea duty, as I am sure a lot of you know. He also recently did a sleep apnea test [waiting on results for this] about a month ago to rule anything out there. The neurologist has truly been an amazing help in trying to figure out the cause - and not just trying to mask the problem, itself.
He was recently placed on a medication that he had an adverse reaction to. Because of this, his neurologist sat him down and told him his options. One of those options were that of getting out due to these medical conditions. The neurologist offered to put him on LIMDU/a stress free environment and has stated a MEB may be in the future if this continues.
I have read through the posts here on the board, and frankly, it scares me to think about what may or may not lie ahead of us. As I am sure most of you here know, transitioning from something you've done your entire adult life to something completely different is a little terrifying. Alas, he is miserable. He loves what he does but the migraines are too much. I have never seen someone in so much pain as I have with him.
I know that my husband knows what happens with this - but, he doesn't know everything. I am curious if you all could let me know how long this process [generally speaking] takes. What sort of compensation would he get for something like hypertension and migraines, if any at all? I know that most of the time these things are case by case - but I like to be prepared when it comes to the future.
Once you go to the medical board, does it take forever to find things out?
Does it take a long time for ratings?
Has anyone experienced the above mentioned; if so, what can you offer me in the way of advice or timeline?
Thank you!
Either way, I am the spouse of someone in the Navy and he has been seeing a neurologist for a little under a year now. He has been in eight years this November. In that time, they have run tests and put him on 3-5 different medications for migraines. He has migraines about six days a week on a bad week - four days a week on a good week. They are horrible and through these migraines, he has continued to push on as much as humanly possible and has accumulated awards, high evals and has ranked up, even. They have done scans, the works - and he is now even going to a pain psychologist as well for this.
EDITED TO ADD: He has blood pressure issues [just the past two years] where he is now on an extremely high dose of medication for, but they have determined the BP issues have nothing to do with the migraines.
He has received botox injections once. The reason the neurologist didn't do it another time, was because he is on shore duty and about a year out from going back to sea duty. They cannot do botox injections while he is on sea duty, as I am sure a lot of you know. He also recently did a sleep apnea test [waiting on results for this] about a month ago to rule anything out there. The neurologist has truly been an amazing help in trying to figure out the cause - and not just trying to mask the problem, itself.
He was recently placed on a medication that he had an adverse reaction to. Because of this, his neurologist sat him down and told him his options. One of those options were that of getting out due to these medical conditions. The neurologist offered to put him on LIMDU/a stress free environment and has stated a MEB may be in the future if this continues.
I have read through the posts here on the board, and frankly, it scares me to think about what may or may not lie ahead of us. As I am sure most of you here know, transitioning from something you've done your entire adult life to something completely different is a little terrifying. Alas, he is miserable. He loves what he does but the migraines are too much. I have never seen someone in so much pain as I have with him.
I know that my husband knows what happens with this - but, he doesn't know everything. I am curious if you all could let me know how long this process [generally speaking] takes. What sort of compensation would he get for something like hypertension and migraines, if any at all? I know that most of the time these things are case by case - but I like to be prepared when it comes to the future.
Once you go to the medical board, does it take forever to find things out?
Does it take a long time for ratings?
Has anyone experienced the above mentioned; if so, what can you offer me in the way of advice or timeline?
Thank you!