Va Disability Rating For Fibromyalgia And Ibs

The Veterans symptoms are considered mild which means the Veteran suffers from disturbances of bowel function with occasional episodes of abdominal distress.

Va disability rating for fibromyalgia and ibs. The VA will state that 30 is the highest schedular rating possible for IBS. It may be possible to obtain a comparable or higher VA rating for disabilities caused by fibromyalgia using residuals rather than the VAs fibromyalgia rating schedule. If you require continuous medication for control you get a 10 rating. For the 20 percent disability rating the veteran must experience episodic symptoms made worse by environmental or emotional stress or by overexertion more than one-third of the time.

To determine your rating the VA will consider the symptoms you are displaying. When I asked him if he thought that the Fibromyalgia could be secondary to either PTSD or IBS he said yes. The VA does have a rating for Fibromyalgia which is one of the sub-illnesses on the Gulf War Syndrome symptoms list. Fibromyalgia can get a 10 20 or 40 percent rating.

Resulted in a disability rating of 10 or more. To award a disability rating of 40 fibromyalgia in VA claim applications the VA must be convinced that you have constant symptoms that cannot be managed with therapy. 471 a diagnostic code 5025 lists the VAs rating criteria for fibromyalgia and includes ratings from 10 to 40 disabling. 0 Percent Rating.

First lets discuss how the VA rates Fibromyalgia for Veterans diagnosed. 40 is the highest VA rating for fibromyalgia. He excluded everything to come to the conclusion of Fibromyalgia and even state that the three PTSDIBSFibro can all co-exist. Fibromyalgia VA rating is rated under diagnostic code 5025.

The highest rating for IBS is 30 and is characterized as severe with diarrhea or alternating diarrhea and constipation with more or less constant abdominal distress. 417 - Total Disability Ratings for Pension Based on Unemployability and Age of the Individual 417a - 418 - Misconduct EtiologyUnemployability 419 - 421 - Age in Service-Connected ClaimsAnalogous RatingsApplication of Rating Schedule 422 - 423 - Rating of Disabilities Aggravated by Active ServiceAttitude of Rating Officers 424. The RA at the VA was very thoroughly and very nice and informative. Fibromyalgia is a disease that causes pain and sensitivity throughout the entire body.

A veterans final VA disability rating for IBS depends upon the frequency severity and duration of your symptoms meaning the more severe your symptoms the higher the VA rating for IBS. A1 Except as provided in paragraph c of this section VA will pay compensation in accordance with chapter 11 of title 38 United States Code to a Persian Gulf veteran who exhibits objective indications of a qualifying chronic disability provided that such disability. The VA currently gives a 0 10 or 30 percent VA disability for IBS. However this is another area that may be the subject of an appeal.

IBS VA Ratings range from 0 to 30 with an interim break at 10. Depending on the level of your diagnosis you can get either a 10 20 or 40 rating for fibromyalgia. The pain must be present on both sides of the body and both above and below the waist to be rated under VASRD Code 5025. A rheumatologist must evaluate and diagnose the condition for it to be rated under this code.

This is the highest rating you can get for IBS through the VA and veterans must show that their IBS causes them to be almost constantly in pain. According to 38 CFR 471a 5025. And you have one of these presumptive diseases. For the 10 percent disability rating the veteran must take daily medication to manage symptoms.