Stop in for a cup of coffee

In a nutshell, they screwed the paperwork up completely. Because of this, I now have to go to a civilian doctor on my own time, get diagnosed and then appeal to the state level medical board, sign over every medical file in my entire life to them so they can decide the validities of my injury and whether or not it's duty related. Despite sworn statements under oath from everyone there.

Until all that is done, they won't agree it's a service related injury.

But I'm so pissed, I'm about to go directly to the Commander and by that I mean the battalion commander, and raise hell. Doing so side steps the chain of command and is career suicide. So if I go that process, I'll probably just request a transfer to the Inactive Reserves for the remainder of my contract.

You're getting the run around...

Don't worry about going straight to the top, you need to get to a doctor asap and get treatment. Let them sort the paperwork out later. Sometimes it's better to skip a few levels to get action.

Our supplier quality guy once had a part that was defective and called the quality rep at the supplier who told him that he was too busy to take any action. Our guy's next phone call was to the plant manager of that company telling him that the quality guy was not 'cooperating' with him (skipping his supervisor and manager). The quality guy called our supplier quality guy back within a half hour asking what he can do for him... Supplier quality is part of the purchasing department who decides who gets the new business - you don't want to piss them off or you won't get any more business from them... The plant manager was smart enough to recognize that and lit a fire under his quality guy... Problem solved...

Here's a song to cheer you up: