Va Rating Elbow

50 Intermediate at an angle of more than 90 or between 70 and 50.

Va rating elbow. This rating schedule for physical disabilities like tendonitis is based on a percentage scale with each percentage representing a different degree of disability. 38 CFR 459 allows consideration of functional loss due to painful motion to be rated at least the minimum compensable rating for a particular joint. Major joints include the shoulder wrist elbow hip knee and ankle while minor joints include toes fingers spine and sacroiliac. Unfavorable at an angle of less than 50 or with complete loss of supination or pronation.

Rating Major Minor 5205 Elbow ankylosis of. My award letter reads. The VASRD offers ratings for the following musculoskeletal conditions of the Elbow and Forearm. VA math can be a mess when you are adding a 10 rating for your left elbow and a 30 rating for your right hand.

THE ELBOW AND FOREARM Rating Major Minor 5205 Elbow ankylosis of. Injuries to the Bones of the Elbow and Forearm. Too Much Motion or Instability. Under the VA rating schedule there is a standard 20 disability rating if there is x-ray evidence of involvement of two or more major joints or minor joint groups with occasional incapacitating exacerbations.

Extensor muscles of the elbow. Flexor muscles of elbow. Unfavorable at an angle of less than 50 or with complete loss of supination or pronation. 0 5306 Group VI.

Extension of elbow long head of triceps is stabilizer of shoulder joint. How does the VA Rate Tendonitis. Limitation of flexion beyond 110 degrees. For the non-dominant arm it is 20.

The VA awards disability compensation for injuries to the Forearm and Hand Muscles that are service-connectedThe DoD will also rate service-connected muscle injuries as long as they also make the service member Unfit for DutyFor Reservists the injury must have occurred in the Line of Duty to qualify. Diagnostic Code 5206 Forearm Limitation of Flexion 5040 flexion limited to 45 degrees. This 10 percent rating and the other partial ratings of 30 percent or less are to be combined with ratings for ankylosis limited motion nonunion or malunion shortening etc subject of course to the amputation rule. Veterans whose ability to bend their dominant elbow to.

A musculoskeletal disease VA rating has a lot more promise if you have the right combination of symptoms. Loss of UseAmputation of the Elbow. 45 degrees will receive a 50 disability rating and a 40 rating if their non-dominant elbow is affected. A score of 100 means that a veteran is unable to work or care for themselves.

Overview for Rating Forearm and Hand Muscle Conditions. Limitation of Motion of the Forearm. 60 50 Intermediate at an angle of more than. 55 degrees should be rated at 40 and 30 for a non-dominant elbow.

Elbow and Forearm Ratings. The lowest rating for an elbow replacement that the VA will assign is 30 for the dominant arm. VA typically rates elbow tendonitis based on limitation of motion of the forearm which falls under 38 CFR 471a Schedule of Ratings Musculoskeletal System Diagnostic Codes 5206 5207 and 5208. My epicondylitis was rates as Painful motion of the Elbow at 10.

The 60 percent rating as it is based on constitutional symptoms is not subject to the amputation rule. The 100 rating for all over pain in movement from rheumatoid arthritis might make more sense to your doctor too. This is irrespective of the amount of motion the arm has. The rating criteria for each is as follows.

Diagnostic code 5206 refers to the limitation of flexion bending at the elbow.