rockranger

I am a disabled veteran, while serving my country, I was injured, and had 4 back operations over a 1 year period. The last two were within 60 days of each other due to an infection from the 3rd surgery. I was released out of the military, took about 6 more months to get where I felt like I could go to work. I wanted to give it a try. That was 10yrs ago. It bothered me for the last 10 years and I would get cortisone injections, they would help a little, but only for a short time. In spring of 2006, I started having serious issues with pain, numbness, reflexes, in my left leg. The shots did not work any more (over the last ten years, Ive had over 50), I got progressively worse. I finally crawled in the VA clinic, and asked for help in May 2006. I had an MRI done, and it confirmed spinal stenosis, epidural fribrosis, disc diease, and 2 herinated disc. I was advised that I had a lot of scar tissue from the previous 4 surgeries on my L4/L5/S1, and more surgery would just make it worse. I'm basically house bound now, and am been diagnosed with PTSD, among my physical problems. I do get my VA disablity, I've applied for, but haven't recieved a decision yet on SSDI, Its a long process. It's already been over a year. I've had a lot of time to reflect on my situation, you know when I jioned the military in 1980, they (the government always said they would take care of us. If I would have known then, what I've had to go through to get disability, I'm sure I would have not joined. I mean I went to combat 3 times, and I was never allowed to raise my hand up and say, can I thank about this for a year or two before we go. Sorry this is so long, but does anyone have any advice about disability cases? Any info would help. Thanks.