I don't know if a couple of you skimmed my post - because a couple are just not "getting" it.

If one is in work comp, fighting a private disability insurance policy, or fighting for social security, you must have EVIDENCE.

It is NOT enough for one neuro to say, without any testing, that you have TOS.

Likewise, you don't want to pin yourself down to TOS, and then get examined and tested by a defense doctor, only to have them find an internal cancerous tumor at the base of your neck, and conclude you do not have TOS and thereby chuck your whole case. The tests are for PRECLUDING OR RULING OUT certain possibilities.

Of course TOS is not seen on a BLOOD TEST! But a lot of rheumatological and immunilogical diseases like RA, which can mimic TOS, are. And if you have a mixed condition / disease case, you need to know it.

This list is posted as a generalized yet comprehensive testing regimen in effect to block out as many medical errors and help one get to a proper diagnosis as we can, with TOS. Ultimately, it is a TOS guru doc who will put all of the puzzle pieces together - and make the decisive diagnosis.

I personally wouldn't skip any of these tests for that reason, and if you don't agree, you certainly have the right to manage your case as you see fit.

Good luck!