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this is my first forum
I am in the army reserves and have been injured at drill on two separate occasions, once in may of 2013 and February 2014 and the process for everything has been nothing but a disappointment. still awaiting lod for may of 2013...its been an uphill battle.....I was awarded an LOD for my back after I filed a congressional for my 2014 injury but it was changed to a fractured t5 vertebrae after. I received 6 months of incap for being unfit for military and civilian duty but will now be denied for additional months for existing prior to service condition ankylosing spondylitis. I was verbally told the incap board denied it but have not yet received a denial memo.... so im going to try to put this in a nut shell.....I slipped and fell on ice straight onto my back which fractured my vertebrae, I have a sever case of AS according to doctors at the VA, I was and still in bad shape, doctor at the VA has diagnosed me with ankylosing spondylitis and has documented "while his AS is an inherited condition, it had not manifested symptomatically prior to his time in the military. his 2 falls 5/4/2013 and 2/8/14 clearly aggravated his back condition and were the cause of his knee pain" (I injured my knee and lower back in may of 2013...no lod yet for this) so after 6 months of pay which took over a year to be awarded, the rest of the months (September 2014 to present) have been denied due to the board saying it is pre existing medical condition(verbally told) I have been told that they will meb me but have to wait for the decision of my 2013 lod since it is still open I have no active duty time other than basic and ait, and have only been in for almost 5 years no job at the time of injury I was in school full time what I am wanting to know is if this is correct for the incap board to deny me due to AS being pre existing any help from knowledgeable people would be appreciated sorry for grammar and punctuation and will try to answer any questions
thankyou for reading
this is my first forum
I am in the army reserves and have been injured at drill on two separate occasions, once in may of 2013 and February 2014 and the process for everything has been nothing but a disappointment. still awaiting lod for may of 2013...its been an uphill battle.....I was awarded an LOD for my back after I filed a congressional for my 2014 injury but it was changed to a fractured t5 vertebrae after. I received 6 months of incap for being unfit for military and civilian duty but will now be denied for additional months for existing prior to service condition ankylosing spondylitis. I was verbally told the incap board denied it but have not yet received a denial memo.... so im going to try to put this in a nut shell.....I slipped and fell on ice straight onto my back which fractured my vertebrae, I have a sever case of AS according to doctors at the VA, I was and still in bad shape, doctor at the VA has diagnosed me with ankylosing spondylitis and has documented "while his AS is an inherited condition, it had not manifested symptomatically prior to his time in the military. his 2 falls 5/4/2013 and 2/8/14 clearly aggravated his back condition and were the cause of his knee pain" (I injured my knee and lower back in may of 2013...no lod yet for this) so after 6 months of pay which took over a year to be awarded, the rest of the months (September 2014 to present) have been denied due to the board saying it is pre existing medical condition(verbally told) I have been told that they will meb me but have to wait for the decision of my 2013 lod since it is still open I have no active duty time other than basic and ait, and have only been in for almost 5 years no job at the time of injury I was in school full time what I am wanting to know is if this is correct for the incap board to deny me due to AS being pre existing any help from knowledgeable people would be appreciated sorry for grammar and punctuation and will try to answer any questions
thankyou for reading
