cervical and thoracic spondylosis

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Cycler Wrote:So if I understand correctly, there was never an actual injury and you are now old enough ( 24 years employment) to have developed DDD/DJD (spondylosis or arthritis) and can no longer tolerate your job duties due to pain.

These common scenarios are very difficult to attribute to work activity as it is a universal finding in the elderly population, In fact cervical spondylotic myelopathy is the most common spinal cord problem in the older population. Genetic predisposition is actually the most common cause. Good luck with your case but you and your atty have a real uphill battle I'm afraid.

Yes the injury occured at work. I ended up in the ER, with diagnosis of thoracic sprain, until the MRI proved other-wise.