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#1 User is offline   popsune 

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Posted 04 July 2009 - 05:06 AM

hi I have cauda equina and have lessened sensation in my lower limbs. But I can move my legs. Am I consider as paraplegic?
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Posted 04 July 2009 - 05:19 PM

yes,you may be told differently i once had this argument but technically you are a para
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Posted 08 August 2009 - 07:28 AM

I 2nd what dom said.....yes you'd just be a partial para.

My medical records list me as "gross bilateral neurological deficit" & "paresis", which is just different medical terminology for being partially paralyzed.
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