Alright so I started my med board process on around December 15th 2020 after surgery on my meniscus and acl December of 2019 and another surgery on my meniscus in July of 2020. I currently still have a tear in my meniscus. So the current condition for medsep is for my meniscus pain and reduced movement. Had to extend 6 months due to EAS in January 2021 and extending once more in June due to process. The Peblo submitted everything to the med board the May 24 2021 after losing my personal statement twice. I had all my VA appointments in February of 2021 and only had one decision letter come back for one of my claims. So I’m curious if there is a rough timeline for me to expect due to the loss of the personal statement twice and the slow decision letters for claims. I have about 15 I’m claiming. Also don’t know if the VA can look at both health care records from tricare patient portal and the new genesis records. They didn’t see my most recent mri for my knee. Also should I wait till I’m out to submit more information dealing with medical records. I just finally now agreed to go to mental health to talk about PTSD and other mental problems due to it affecting my life. Thanks.
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Timeline and suggestions in general
- Thread starter Averygc
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Absolutely not. Deal with everything while you are in with guaranteed and (hopefully) easily accessible healthcare. The timelines are all over the place at the moment. In the last few months I have seen timelines from 2 weeks - 12 plus. The military will keep you in to treat you until they have exhausted the common options. I see you had surgery and I'm assuming PT. The military has pain management to teach you to deal with it mentally and discuss other treatment options (acupuncture, dry needling, injections). You are able to submit new claims to eBenefits/ VA.gov that are separate from your current claim. This will not affect the timing of your IDES claim completion. Taking more time for yourself to heal is not bad. You will still be getting paid through treatment. Absolutely go to mental health. Chronic pain/ PTSD are the main reasons I go. It is better to learn how to handle things then lose it some day.
Correct I did PT but stopped due to it being the main suspect for my current meniscus tear and constant pain. No pain management due them wanting to do the shots only. I can’t justify trying something that is temporary and the effect lessens over time. I can deal a bit longer with the pain and discomfort. Took a year and a half for the MO to finally give me a mri for the acl and meniscus tears. I need to ask if there’s more for pain management aside from I’m shots. Then submit my current diagnosis from my therapist to the VA due to only rating a sub form of ptsd from the VA appointment.
Pain management is an extremely large specialty. If your clinic has limitations and only shots ask to be referred out in town. The reverse happened to me and they sent me to a civilian first who only wanted me to do shots and opioids. I am at NMCP (Navy) with the IPMC clinic now, for example and have done dry needling, acupuncture, CES (alpha-stim, even sent me an at home machine ($1,500) and a TENS unit), shots, cupping, etc. Acupuncture has worked wonders for me and I do it once weekly along with cupping. Mental health wise, if that pain is bugging you every day, it burns you out and wears you down. And stacked with PTSD? It weighs a lot on your mind. I know from experience (4+ years of chronic pain). Talk to your therapist about pain psychology. That is dealing with pain through different mental techniques. My counselors, doctors, psychiatrists, pain specialists, etc. have been telling me for years that self care is so important. Do not give up.Correct I did PT but stopped due to it being the main suspect for my current meniscus tear and constant pain. No pain management due them wanting to do the shots only. I can’t justify trying something that is temporary and the effect lessens over time. I can deal a bit longer with the pain and discomfort. Took a year and a half for the MO to finally give me a mri for the acl and meniscus tears. I need to ask if there’s more for pain management aside from I’m shots. Then submit my current diagnosis from my therapist to the VA due to only rating a sub form of ptsd from the VA appointment.
Update on my case. My PUEBLO sent all my paperwork to the PEB on May 24, 2021. Originally said 6-8 weeks then updated to 12-16 weeks till I will hear the decision. Called today said they are still working on April cases and are taking 120 days to hear back their decision. Looks like around September 21, 2021 I will hear back from them to start the next progress. All rough estimates of course. Getting closer to the end of my 2nd 6-month extension. The good news is continuing therapy but in a group setting.