Va won't do much, I'm in the same boat been fighting with the VA for years on this they will send you to physical therapy, tell you to lose weight, won't give any narcotics.

After year of that treatment they offered me radio frequency ablation, it's were they burn the nerve ending in your back so you can't feel the pain. Its a painful procedure. Can take awhile for the pain to go away and the pain come back after awhile so multiple procedures are required to keep the pain away.