Va Disability Rating For Radiculopathy Lower Extremity

For back radiculopathy a minimum rating is 10 for mild and up to 60 for severe For a better understanding of the differences in mild moderate moderately severe and severe a review of the attached Nerve Matrix Chart used by VA raters can be helpful.

Va disability rating for radiculopathy lower extremity. Because of the convoluted nature of this condition many Veterans arent aware that they can file a claim for radiculopathy secondary to their service-connected back or spine condition. Could someone please give us a short overview of this disability. Right on link0117 thank you for sharing this. Will the VA examiner look at the lack of fusion surgery and question the ROM from the CP exam.

Also as many as 30 to 60 percents of all adults have disc bulges in their lower back that are entirely symptom-free. In May 2017 the Board issued the decision on appeal that increased the Veterans disability ratings to 60 percent for his radiculopathy of the left lower extremity and 40 percent for his radiculopathy of the right lower extremity. To qualify for the 10 percent rating 2 or more episodes following the initial infection are required. VA ratings for Radiculopathy of the left lower and right lower extremities are typically rated under diagnostic code 8620.

It seems as though the VA wants to lump all issues with nerves in the legs into one all encompassing radiculopathy rating. The symptoms and location can vary and the location and nerve effected can impact a veterans VA disability rating for radiculopathy. 1 the VA first decides whether the condition should be rated under paralysis neuritis or neuralgia. 423 are rated as 70 percent disabling.

The VA awards disability compensation for each condition of the Peripheral Nerves of the Low Back and Legs that is service-connectedThe DoD will also rate service-connected conditions as long as they also make the service member Unfit for DutyFor Reservists the condition must have occurred in or resulted from an injury in the Line of Duty to qualify. Diagnostic code 8510 puts the ratings into these four categories. The nerve functions however it is swollen irritated and painful. His VA disability is a combined 60.

The present VA ratings assigned for degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine and radiculopathy of the left and right lower extremities when combined See 38 CFR. Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for lower right extremity radiculopathy is denied. 3102 3321 41 42 43 47 410 440 445 459 471a Diagnostic Code DC 5237 2017. So when rating a nerve condition the VA looks at three things.

The Back and Spine Overview. Where can we locate the criteria in the VA manual. The VA General Counsel Precedent Opinion 9-2004 addressed whether a veteran can receive separate disability ratings under 38 CFR. The Musculoskeletal System is vast and.

This could offer a veteran a 60 percent disability rating for their sciatic nerve condition. Entitlement to a total disability rating due to individual unemployability TDIU prior to February 1 2011 is denied. All shoulder and elbow movements lost or seriously affected but hand and wrist are normal. 1155 5103 5103A 5107 b 2012.

Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for lower left extremity radiculopathy is denied. The VA Rating for cervical radiculopathy is all based on how your shoulders arms elbows wrists and hands can move. And 3 the VA looks. The criteria for a rating of 20 percent but no higher for lumbar spine disability have been met from February 5 2010.

I also have left lower extremity radiculopathy but the MEB provider did not include that on the 3947 as an unfitting condition because I have not had an EMG done to prove the radicular pain. 2 the VA will decide the corresponding level of severity. 471a Diagnostic Codes 5260 leg limitation of flexion and 5261 leg limitation of extension for the same joint. Radiculopathy is when a nerve root in the spinal column is pinched and can become inflamed causing pain and discomfort.

The VA has defered a decision on left and right lower extremity radiculopathy We are not sure what that is. For sciatica for example in radiculopathy of the lower back the VA applies rating criteria specific to the sciatic nerve diagnostic code 8720 and assigns a disability percent rating on whether the neuralgia is moderate or mild. Symptoms including severe loss of reflexes loss of sensation muscle atrophy and severely reduced movement can be considered severe neuritis. If a veteran has radiculopathy affecting the sciatic nerve the VA will decide which category best approximates the symptoms the veteran is experiencing and then will look at the rating criteria associated with that category for the sciatic nerve.