Va Rating For Ankle Surgery

A temporary 100 rating is for convalescence based on surgery or immobilization of a joint by a cast without surgery for a service-connected disability.

Va rating for ankle surgery. In the rare cases where the ankle is damaged to the point of being frozen in place a higher rating is available. Unfortunately Veterans are denied rightfully-owed VA disability benefits every day. The 60 percent rating as it is based on constitutional symptoms is not subject to the amputation rule. This documentation may include medical records notes from a medical practitioner or physical evidence like x-ray images.

20 marked limitation of motion. A rating for osteomyelitis will not be applied following cure by removal or radical resection of the affected bone. The latest data reports around 92 of all VA claims involving the ankle receive the rating between 0-20. 10 moderate limitation of motion.

We use your disability rating to determine how much disability compensation youll receive each month as well as your eligibility for other VA benefits. 21-0960M-2 MAY 2013. In many cases ankle instability itself would receive a rating of between 0 and 20 on the rating schedule. The VA may require documentation that shows the range of motion of the ankle.

40 With intermediate degrees of residual weakness pain or limitation of motion rate by analogy to 5270 or 5271. Also if you follow through and have the surgery you will be able to justify a claim for 100 for healing convalesance for 6 months following the surgery. Since the doctor wouldnt know if the surgery was successful until 3 months after the Veterans 1-week stay in the hospital we granted the Veteran a temporary 100 disability rating for 3 months. For 1 year following implantation of prosthesis.

30 5056 Ankle replacement prosthesis. Was Your VA Disability Claim Denied. The rating criteria is as follows. Importantly if veterans feel as though their ankle instability warrants a higher rating they have the right to file an appeal.

Ankylosis of ankle subtalar or tarsal joint Ankle joint replacement. 10 moderate limitation of motion. If you have multiple disability ratings we use them to calculate your combined VA disability rating. SUPERSEDES VA FORM 21-0960M-2 OCT 2012 Page 1 WHICH WILL NOT BE USED.

After 1 year VA assigns a minimum evaluation with higher evaluations for complications or residuals such as weakness pain and limitation of motion. The temporary 100 rating may continue for 1 to 3 months depending on individual circumstances. Injuries to the Talus and Heel Bones. What will happen is that it is probably rated as arthritus of the ankle right now.

It will change to ankylosis fusion of the ankle but the rating will stay at 20. VA currently evaluates total joint replacements by assigning a 100 percent evaluation for 1 year following implantation of a prosthesis. On the other hand if it is rated under DC 5271 limited motion of the ankle the rating criteria is as follows. We assign you a disability rating based on the severity of your service-connected condition.

20 marked limitation of motion. Under DC 5271 ankle instability is rated according to limited motion of the ankle.