Hi ECHOES.
I have both. Discogenic and degenerative.

I have read that ny state guide like 10 times now and am still confused. Doesnt SS count going to your primary doctor as part of your overall treatment of any disability, considering he treats your overall care and sends you to doctors you need to see. You would think SS would want to see you going to your primary doctor every 3-6 months as part of keeping up with your total health.
Since the form isnt asking for doctors names or what they do, if i use my primary doctor has my middle visit, what would be the best wording to use for reason for that visit? checkup, 3 month checkup, regular checkup or any other ideas?


I see my psychiatrist on friday, i could then use the order of visits like this

PAIN MGMT PSYCH feb 2014

PSYCHOTHERAPHY feb 2014

PAIN MGMT PSYCH october 2014


Thus throwing out the visit to my primary doctor.


I guess the biggest reason am confused and having a hard time with this, is because what kind of treatment SS wants to see for the condition i was approved for? I go for pain management and get medications, i get counseling for the problems the pain is causing. I go to my primary doctor and cardiologist all the time to maintain my overall health. Even if i went to my ortho doctor, hes just gonna wanna know if i want more surgeries to fix my other discs. other then that, hes gonna push me off to my primary doctor or pain management to treat my pain.
Theres really nothing more i can do with my neck and back, is live with what i have or if it gets to bad, more surgeries which nobody wants.

I swear if this paperwork doesnt give me a stroke or put me in the metal ward, nothing will,loll.


Echoes, thanks again for the help. Its great to have somebody in the same boat to ask questions to.

Bobby