Posted on Nov 7, 2021
Can I tie having a bunion and a bone spur to the military, since I’m on orders and they developed while on orders?
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I’m 31, currently attending mos crossover training out of state (national guard). I’m healthy and and in great shape. Since I’ve been in the school, I’ve developed foot pain in both feet. One foot I believe is a bunion and the other foot a bone spur on my heel. It’s frustrating and painful. Can I link these issues to the military since I’m on orders and it developed while on orders?
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Document it through the school's supporting military medical system. Since it can be determined how long it took you to develop both the bunion and the bone spur.
Doubtful, but go for it.
Doubtful, but go for it.
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If you don't document now you have no recourse later. There are many people walking around with bone spurs that cause no pain. So the three rules to medical problems in the military service is:
1. Document
2. Document
3. Document.
1. Document
2. Document
3. Document.
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It’s all consistent advice which I appreciate. The only way I can document is to go to the ER, but I don’t want to be bitch by going to the damn ER. There unfortunately isn’t any other way to document.
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PO2 Russell "Russ" Lincoln
It is better to get the documentation and be considered a bitch than to suffer the rest of your life for a non-documented service connection.
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You can, but just because you believe them to be what you think they are, unless its diagnosed, you cant claim it.
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Only way to document would be to go to the ER…shitty situation but I may just deal with it on the civilian side. Fucking things came out of nowhere lol
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SSG Roger Ayscue
Wait a minute. IF you do not document it, it will in no way be covered. The VA is a tricky pony to ride.
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SSG Roger Ayscue
LCpl Odell Taylor - What I said was "Document It" Challenge all you like, but having your records and having your claim are not one and the same. Perhaps you got a claim evaluator with a huge heart.
I prefer to walk in with my gear in one bag, crap in one sock..you get it.
I prefer to walk in with my gear in one bag, crap in one sock..you get it.
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MAJ Byron Oyler
Never just deal with it, 'just dealing with it' has led to a lot of broken people after the military. Back in my 20s I sprained my ankle on a PT test and trying to be tough and get it done, I did more damage running on it to soon. I learned when I broke my leg on a jump, "you play hard, you rest hard." I am 47 now and my only occasional pain in knees from becoming obese and an old back injury wrestling in HS. I have almost 800 sport jumps, done fire fighting, EMS, nursing, and been around the world. I have had a good time and I cannot say enough the reason my orthopedics are what they are is I lived the mantra, "Play hard, rest hard."
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