Va Disability Rating For Ulnar Neuropathy

Combined they only get you to an overall disability rating of 90.

Va disability rating for ulnar neuropathy. 100 Individual Unemployability for Nerve Damage. Lastly when deciding whether to rate a nerve condition according to a specific nerve versus a radicular group look at whether the majority of movements associated with a. At the least it would the ulnar should have been included with the median but you are not going to get rated for both with the same exact symptoms. With the exceptions noted disability from the following diseases and their residuals may be rated from 10 percent to 100 percent in proportion to the impairment of motor sensory or mental function.

That is called pyramiding. 2 the VA will decide the corresponding level of severity. As you can see if your Peripheral Neuropathy manifests as complete paralysis then you are assigned an 80 rating unless you can make an argument that your disability picture is outside the norm and entitles you to a higher extra-schedular rating of 90 or 100. So carpal tunnel 60 plus elbow tendinitis 70 plus cubital tunnel 60 would get you to 100 disability rating.

The VA uses this schedule to assess your disability. So when rating a nerve condition the VA looks at three things. Typically lower extremity peripheral neuropathy is rated analogous to paralysis of the sciatic nerve under diagnostic code 8520. VA Disability Ratings VA does not have a diagnostic code DC for peripheral neuropathy so it rates it analogous.

VA cannot rate you for both nerve issues off the same symptoms. My original claim separation exam 2012 was for ulnar neuropathy ONLY and muscle injury was unclaimed andor not added to this list. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs VA has a compensation schedule for rating disabilities. Additionally when dealing with the upper peripheral nerves the VA rating criteria will consider whether the side of the body affected is the veterans dominant armhand.

The Musculoskeletal System is vast and complex consisting of muscles. The VA awards disability compensation for each Elbow and Forearm condition 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. Individual unemployability often referred to as TDIU means that VA is required to pay veterans at the 100 percent rate even if their service-connected conditions do not combine to a 100 percent rating if the veteran is unable to work as a result of those conditions. For example cubital tunnel rated as paralysis of the ulnar nerve and has a maximum rating of 60.

And 3 the VA looks at the actual nerve affected. My questions is-I only get rated 10 for each upper extremities for mild neuropathyparalysis even though I got both ulnar and medial on both upper extremity. 4124a Schedule of ratings - neurological conditions and convulsive disorders. 1 the VA first decides whether the condition should be rated under paralysis neuritis or neuralgia.

Neuropathy is listed as a disease of the peripheral nerves under Neurological Conditions and Convulsive Disorders. Short backstory - Original claim date 2012 I was diagnosed and had surgical intervention on 2 different accounts for ulnar neuropathy in 2010 in service. I looked at CFR 38 and there is a rating each for ulnar and medial paralysis.