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Criterion May 13, 2018. How do I increase my rating percentages? A mental condition has been formally diagnosed, but symptoms are not severe enough either to interfere with occupational and social functioning or to require continuous medication. Added March 1, 1989; removed March 24, 1992. 4.129 Mental disorders due to traumatic stress. 18, 1976; 43 FR 45362, Oct. 2, 1978; 54 FR 4282, Jan. 30, 1989; 54 FR 49755, Dec. 1, 1989; 55 FR 154, Jan. 3, 1990; 56 FR 51653, Oct. 15, 1991; 57 FR 24364, June 9, 1992; 70 FR 75399, Dec. 20, 2005; 73 FR 54705, Sept. 23, 2008; 73 FR 69554, Nov. 19, 2008; 76 FR 78824, Dec. 20, 2011; 79 FR 2100, Jan. 13, 2014]. If two or more skin conditions involve the same area of skin, then only the highest evaluation shall be used. Web1. The Skin is the largest of the bodys organs and its primary purpose is protection. A Goniometer will probably be used at your C&P exam to measure Range of Motion (ROM) of your shoulder and arm. Criterion March 10, 1976; criterion August 13, 1981; criterion June 9, 1996. 7534 Atherosclerotic renal disease (renal artery stenosis, atheroembolic renal disease, or large vessel disease, unspecified). Criterion July 6, 1950; criterion September 22, 1978; criterion and evaluation October 23, 2008. With intermediate degrees of residual weakness, pain or limitation of motion, rate by analogy to diagnostic code 5214. Doctors treat less severe shoulder injuries with conservative measures such as physical therapy, rest, and ice. 1 CFR 1.1 The use of a goniometer in the measurement of limitation of motion is indispensable in examinations conducted within the Department of Veterans Affairs. [41 FR 11293, Mar. Proving the link between your service and an in-service event or injury will be the most difficult part of getting the VA to award you a shoulder pain VA rating. Subastragalar or tarsal joint, ankylosis. Added March 11, 1969; removed September 22, 1978. 9902 Mandible, loss of, including ramus, unilaterally or bilaterally: Not involving temporomandibular articulation. Copyright 2023 VA Claims Insider, LLC. 4.2 Interpretation of examination reports. (c) Table VIa, Numeric Designation of Hearing Impairment Based Only on Puretone Threshold Average, is used to determine a Roman numeral designation (I through XI) for hearing impairment based only on the puretone threshold average. 4.100 Application of the general rating formula for diseases of the heart. or existing codification. Rate under the appropriate cardiovascular diagnostic code, depending on particular findings. Evaluation September 9, 1975; evaluation September 22, 1978; evaluation January 12, 1998; criterion November 14, 2021. 11, 1969; 40 FR 42540, Sept. 15, 1975; 41 FR 11301, Mar. VA DISABILITIES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. Below is a complete list of VA disabilities for the musculoskeletal system, listed in order by Diagnostic Code (DC) from CFR Title 38, Part 4, the Schedule for Rating Disabilities. Mandible, nonunion of, confirmed by diagnostic imaging studies. [29 FR 6718, May 22, 1964, as amended at 34 FR 5062, Mar. If the degree of disability at the time of entrance into the service is not ascertainable in terms of the schedule, no deduction will be made. [34 FR 5062, Mar. How to Get a 100 Percent VA Rating (if deserved)! 7802 Burn scar(s) or scar(s) due to other causes, not of the head, face, or neck that are not associated with underlying soft tissue damage. Minimum, if there is pain, photophobia, and glare sensitivity. Motion of the thumb and fingers should be described by appropriate reference to the joints (See Plate III) whose movement is limited, with a statement as to how near, in centimeters, the tip of the thumb can approximate the fingers, or how near the tips of the fingers can approximate the proximal transverse crease of palm. between the fingertip(s) and the proximal transverse crease of the palm, with the finger(s) flexed to the extent possible, evaluate as unfavorable ankylosis, (iv) If only the metacarpophalangeal or proximal interphalangeal joint is ankylosed, and there is a gap of two inches (5.1 cm.) The resulting difference will be recorded on the rating sheet. 7800 Burn scar(s) of the head, face, or neck; scar(s) of the head, face, or neck due to other causes; or other disfigurement of the head, face, or neck: With visible or palpable tissue loss and either gross distortion or asymmetry of three or more features or paired sets of features (nose, chin, forehead, eyes (including eyelids), ears (auricles), cheeks, lips), or; with six or more characteristics of disfigurement, With visible or palpable tissue loss and either gross distortion or asymmetry of two features or paired sets of features (nose, chin, forehead, eyes (including eyelids), ears (auricles), cheeks, lips), or; with four or five characteristics of disfigurement, With visible or palpable tissue loss and either gross distortion or asymmetry of one feature or paired set of features (nose, chin, forehead, eyes (including eyelids), ears (auricles), cheeks, lips), or; with two or three characteristics of disfigurement. Complete; all shoulder and elbow movements lost or severely affected, hand and wrist movements not affected, Complete; adduction, abduction and rotation of arm, flexion of elbow, and extension of wrist lost or severely affected, Complete; all intrinsic muscles of hand, and some or all of flexors of wrist and fingers, paralyzed (substantial loss of use of hand), Complete; drop of hand and fingers, wrist and fingers perpetually flexed, the thumb adducted falling within the line of the outer border of the index finger; can not extend hand at wrist, extend proximal phalanges of fingers, extend thumb, or make lateral movement of wrist; supination of hand, extension and flexion of elbow weakened, the loss of synergic motion of extensors impairs the hand grip seriously; total paralysis of the triceps occurs only as the greatest rarity, Complete; the hand inclined to the ulnar side, the index and middle fingers more extended than normally, considerable atrophy of the muscles of the thenar eminence, the thumb in the plane of the hand (ape hand); pronation incomplete and defective, absence of flexion of index finger and feeble flexion of middle finger, cannot make a fist, index and middle fingers remain extended; cannot flex distal phalanx of thumb, defective opposition and abduction of the thumb, at right angles to palm; flexion of wrist weakened; pain with trophic disturbances, Complete; the griffin claw deformity, due to flexor contraction of ring and little fingers, atrophy very marked in dorsal interspace and thenar and hypothenar eminences; loss of extension of ring and little fingers cannot spread the fingers (or reverse), cannot adduct the thumb; flexion of wrist weakened, Complete; weakness but not loss of flexion of elbow and supination of forearm, Complete; abduction of arm is impossible, outward rotation is weakened; muscles supplied are deltoid and teres minor, Complete; inability to raise arm above shoulder level, winged scapula deformity, Complete; the foot dangles and drops, no active movement possible of muscles below the knee, flexion of knee weakened or (very rarely) lost, Complete; foot drop and slight droop of first phalanges of all toes, cannot dorsiflex the foot, extension (dorsal flexion) of proximal phalanges of toes lost; abduction of foot lost, adduction weakened; anesthesia covers entire dorsum of foot and toes, Complete; plantar flexion lost, frank adduction of foot impossible, flexion and separation of toes abolished; no muscle in sole can move; in lesions of the nerve high in popliteal fossa, plantar flexion of foot is lost, Complete; paralysis of all muscles of sole of foot, frequently with painful paralysis of a causalgic nature; toes cannot be flexed; adduction is weakened; plantar flexion is impaired, Complete; paralysis of quadriceps extensor muscles, 8540 Soft-tissue sarcoma (of neurogenic origin). This consideration, or the absence of clear cut evidence of injury, may result in classifying the disability as not of traumatic origin, either reflecting congenital or developmental etiology, or the effects of healed disease. Background and more details are available in the Public Law 90-493 repealed section 356 of title 38, United States Code which provided graduated ratings for inactive tuberculosis. 5160 Complete amputation, lower extremity: Trans-pelvic amputation (involving complete removal of the femur and intrinsic pelvic musculature along with any portion of the pelvic bones), Disarticulation (involving complete removal of the femur and intrinsic pelvic musculature only), 5161 Upper third, one-third of the distance from perineum to knee joint measured from perineum, 5163 With defective stump, thigh amputation recommended, 5164 Amputation not improvable by prosthesis controlled by natural knee action, 5165 At a lower level, permitting prosthesis, 5166 Forefoot, amputation proximal to metatarsal bones (more than one-half of metatarsal loss), 5170 Toes, all, amputation of, without metatarsal loss or transmetatarsal, amputation of, with up to half of metatarsal loss. VA DISABILITY FOR GYNECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND DISORDERS OF THE BREAST. Comments or questions about document content can not be answered by OFR staff. 4.55 Principles of combined ratings for muscle injuries. (e) Incoordination, impaired ability to execute skilled movements smoothly. 5055 Knee, resurfacing or replacement (prosthesis). 9903 Mandible, nonunion of, confirmed by diagnostic imaging studies. Skin hypo-or hyper-pigmented in an area exceeding six square inches (39 sq. The duration of the initial, and any subsequent, period of total incapacity, especially periods reflecting delayed union, inflammation, swelling, drainage, or operative intervention, should be given close attention. For purposes of this section, marginal employment generally shall be deemed to exist when a veteran's earned annual income does not exceed the amount established by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, as the poverty threshold for one person. (d) The combined evaluation of muscle groups acting upon a single unankylosed joint must be lower than the evaluation for unfavorable ankylosis of that joint, except in the case of muscle groups I and II acting upon the shoulder. Evaluation January 12, 1998; criterion December 10, 2017; evaluation November 14, 2021. If, however, absence of a kidney is the sole renal disability, even if removal was required because of nephritis, the absent kidney and any hypertension or heart disease will be separately rated. Occasionally disoriented to two of the four aspects (person, time, place, situation) of orientation or often disoriented to one aspect of orientation. The ratings for the peripheral nerves are for unilateral involvement; when bilateral, combine with application of the bilateral factor. 8517 Musculocutaneous nerve, paralysis. The disability rating assigned also depends on whether the veterans dominant (higher evaluation) versus nondominant (lower evaluation) arm is affected. 5009 Other specified forms of arthropathy (excluding gout). Following surgery: Evaluate under DC 7114 (peripheral arterial disease). For information on the availability of this information at NARA, call 202-741-6030 or go to http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_publications.html. Neuralgia, anterior tibial nerve (deep peroneal). A single rating will be assigned under the diagnostic code which reflects the predominant disability with elevation to the next higher evaluation where the severity of the overall disability warrants such elevation. 5024 Tenosynovitis, tendinitis, tendinosis or tendinopathy (De Quervains Disease). Disability in this field is ordinarily to be rated in proportion to the impairment of motor, sensory or mental function. One or more neurobehavioral effects that do not interfere with workplace interaction or social interaction. (d) Maximum evaluation for visual impairment of one eye. Or rate according to pulmonary impairment as for chronic bronchitis (DC 6600). 7710 Adenitis, tuberculous, active or inactive: Asymptomatic, smoldering, or monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), With at least 4 or more painful episodes per 12-month period, occurring in skin, joints, bones, or any major organs, caused by hemolysis and sickling of red blood cells, with anemia, thrombosis, and infarction, with residual symptoms precluding even light manual labor, With 3 painful episodes per 12-month period or with symptoms precluding other than light manual labor, With 1 or 2 painful episodes per 12-month period, Asymptomatic, established case in remission, but with identifiable organ impairment, When there is active disease, during treatment phase, or with indolent and non-contiguous phase of low grade NHL, Requiring peripheral blood or bone marrow stem cell transplant; or requiring transfusion of platelets or red cells, on average, at least once every six weeks per 12-month period; or infections recurring, on average, at least once every six weeks per 12-month period, Requiring transfusion of platelets or red cells, on average, at least once every three months per 12-month period; or infections recurring, on average, at least once every three months per 12-month period; or using continuous therapy with immunosuppressive agent or newer platelet stimulating factors, Requiring transfusion of platelets or red cells, on average, at least once per 12-month period; or infections recurring, on average, at least once per 12-month period, 7717 AL amyloidosis (primary amyloidosis). Thrombo-angiitis obliterans (Buerger's Disease). wide at widest part. X-ray changes from arthritis in this location are decrease or obliteration of the joint space, with the appearance of increased bone density of the sacrum and ilium and sharpening of the margins of the joint. 6830 Radiation-induced pulmonary pneumonitis and fibrosis. Without cardiac involvement but with chronic edema, stasis dermatitis, and either ulceration or cellulitis: Without cardiac involvement but with chronic edema or stasis dermatitis: At least one of the following: Ankle/brachial index less than or equal to 0.39; ankle pressure less than 50 mm Hg; toe pressure less than 30 mm Hg; or transcutaneous oxygen tension less than 30 mm Hg, At least one of the following: Ankle/brachial index of 0.40-0.53; ankle pressure of 50-65 mm Hg; toe pressure of 30-39 mm Hg; or transcutaneous oxygen tension of 30-39 mm Hg, At least one of the following: Ankle/brachial index of 0.54-0.66; ankle pressure of 66-83 mm Hg; toe pressure of 40-49 mm Hg; or transcutaneous oxygen tension of 40-49 mm Hg, At least one of the following: Ankle/brachial index of 0.67-0.79; ankle pressure of 84-99 mm Hg; toe pressure of 50-59 mm Hg; or transcutaneous oxygen tension of 50-59 mm Hg, Note (1): The ankle/brachial index (ABI) is the ratio of the systolic blood pressure at the ankle divided by the simultaneous brachial artery systolic blood pressure. but less than 72 square inches (465 sq. Its based on the level of mobility limitation caused by bursitis. It is provided further that the existence or degree of nonservice-connected disabilities or previous unemployability status will be disregarded where the percentages referred to in this paragraph for the service-connected disability or disabilities are met and in the judgment of the rating agency such service-connected disabilities render the veteran unemployable. formatting. Muscle spasm will greatly assist the identification. When a partial disability results from disease or injury of both arms, or of both legs, or of paired skeletal muscles, the ratings for the disabilities of the right and left sides will be combined as usual, and 10 percent of this value will be added (i.e., not combined) before proceeding with further combinations, or converting to degree of disability. Given the physicality required for many military occupations, this is not surprising. 6329 Hemorrhagic fevers, including dengue, yellow fever, and others. Youve just been rated 100% disabled by the Veterans Affairs. However, full consideration must be given to unusual physical or mental effects in individual cases, to peculiar effects of occupational activities, to defects in physical or mental endowment preventing the usual amount of success in overcoming the handicap of disability and to the effect of combinations of disability. Criterion May 22, 1995; note May 13, 2018. The attention should be given to anatomical changes, as compared to normal, in the relationship of the foot and leg, particularly to the inward rotation of the superior portion of the os calcis, medial deviation of the insertion of the Achilles tendon, the medial tilting of the upper border of the astragalus. Prosthetic replacement of the shoulder joint: For 1 year following implantation of prosthesis, With chronic residuals consisting of severe, painful motion or weakness in the affected extremity. Criterion July 6, 1950; criterion August 30, 2002; criterion October 23, 2008; title, note 1, note 2 August 13, 2018. Criterion March 10, 1976; criterion July 2, 2001. The exam aims to gather more information about your shoulder condition and how it affects your daily life. 9310 Unspecified neurocognitive disorder(Dementia). VA disability Rating of disabilities aggravated by active service. 7307 Gastritis, hypertrophic (identified by gastroscope): Chronic; with severe hemorrhages, or large ulcerated or eroded areas, Chronic; with multiple small eroded or ulcerated areas, and symptoms, Chronic; with small nodular lesions, and symptoms. Criterion September 22, 1978; criterion September 12, 1988. (c) The assignment of a total disability rating on the basis of hospital treatment or observation will not preclude the assignment of a total disability rating otherwise in order under other provisions of the rating schedule, and consideration will be given to the propriety of such a rating in all instances and to the propriety of its continuance after discharge. Benign neoplasms of the eye, orbit, and adnexa (excluding skin). 8412 Neuralgia, twelfth cranial nerve. Consistently disoriented to two or more of the four aspects (person, time, place, situation) of orientation.