<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.I have been diagnosed during surgery with chronic lower back pain, documented by the anesthesiologist, the attending surgeon, .. .. When I came out of the general anesthesia, is when I was told, .. .. .. I had hurt my back in the service, getting caught in a scrum playing rugby of all things, and being half on top of one guy when another fell across my chest in a shearing action, at the time it happened, it sounded, internally like someone breaking a string on a guitar, with a pling sound, kinda like getting snapped with a rubberband, .. .. .. But it was not that painful that time, so the next day I had guard mount, bent over to lace up my boots, it went out again only this time it hurt like hell, took me almost 10 minutes to get straightened up, off of the bed, and another 10 minutes to get downstairs for guard mount, I was put on light duty for about a 3 month plus period, during which time it would give me a fit whenever the weather would change, ... I have tweaked it several times over the years, working as a truckdriver, machinist, a painter, never had insurance so I had to wait a few days for it to quit hurting enough to get my butt back to work, once got fired for not showing up because I had told him I would be there rain or shine, but couldn t make it, ... At any rate, I was working, blew it out again, only this time the pain was more intense like it originally was, ... I thought that a few beers would loosen it up, so I had a few after work, but was still really sore hurting, I made it through another day work, but by the next morning, I was in so much pain that it literally hurt to breathe, the foreman squawked about why I didn t have his temp take me in the day before, as he played hooky, .. .. .. At any rate he took me to the company Dr,nurse practitioner, she sent me to the workers comp office at the hospital, there they set me up for x-rays, a MRI. Shortening the story I had blown out the L-4L-5 the L-5S-1 discs, the MRI showed that one disc was completely gone, the other was almost all gone, ... At this point in time the pain was excruciating, I was a level 910 most of the time for about 2 12months, then it would ease a little, then get worse again, the Dr trying anyevery type of PT to see what felt better worse, ... made me undergo a procedure where a dye dwas pumped into each disc affected, when he hit the one, I screamed bloody murder, almost passed out, gasping for air, seeing stars dancing around my head, ... That pain level was about a12 on the 110 scale, ... I had the robo-copironman6million man fusion surgery, with the 2rods, 6234 screws, 3little clamps holding my lower back together, ... I have filed for compensation with the VA, they now have this documented, my representative told me that I need to get a 2nd opinion from a private practitioner to tell them that this iswas related to the original injury, ... Any guidance on this train of thought, would be appreciated, ...  <response>: Hithis is a medico-legal question and in your case, unless a doctorspine specialist gives a physical examination, cannot conclude anything, so you have to consult one physicallyThis forum answers are only a guidance and not a prescription as doctors are not examining physically and base it to inputs provided by patients. Treatment is done by one who examines physically and writes a prescriptionBoth for treatment and for perusal of your case you need to visit an orthopedic who may agree best wishes 