In 2009 an Army veteran came to our office seeking assistance for an increase rating in his lumbar spine condition.  He served in Thailand with an Engineer Battalion building the Bangkok Bypass during the Vietnam War.  He fell from a crane and fractured vertebrae in his low back and spent several weeks in a hospital in Thailand.  He returned to his unit, completed his duty to the United States Army and was released with an honorable discharge. After service he filed an application for service … [Read more...]