EE HAS EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN SINCE 1988. BACK PROBLEMS HAVE RANGED FROM STRAINS & SPRAINS TO A LOST TIME ACCIDENT. ON 1/24/02, WHILE ATTENDING A TRAINING CLASS, HE STATED THAT HIS BACK WAS HUR TING A LOT AND ASKED TO SEE THE ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST AS SOON AS HE COULD. NO RECENT ACCIDENT OREVENT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO HIS PAIN. DIAGNOSIS: ""MULTI-LEVEL DISC DISEASE W/STENOSIS OF CANAL..""