Va Rating For Bilateral Foot Pain

To get the bilateral factor we take 28 and multiply it by 10.

Va rating for bilateral foot pain. Bilateral Factor and Rating Foot Conditions Bilateral disabilities are recognized by VA as severely limiting to a veterans ability to function and thus warrant a higher rating percentage. Rate the underlying condition minimum rating. For more information on how to calculate this number click here. This gives the veteran a bilateral factor of 28.

Both the VA and the DoD award Military Disability for the Foot. Actually the Diagnostic Code for metatarsalgia is 5279 and it carries a maximum 10 percent evaluation even if it involves both feet. If you have two conditions that are compensable in both your lower extremities or upper extremities you can receive an extra 10 percent factored into your combined disability rating. A symptomatic condition secondary to many constitutional conditions characterized by atrophy of the musculature disturbed circulation and weakness.

For Reservists the condition must have occurred in or resulted from an injury in the Line of Duty to qualify. If you have unilateral pes planus affecting one foot you can receive a VA disability rating for foot pain of 20. Either someone made a mistake in rating this case or something else is going on other than metatarsalgia. In many cases ankle instability itself would receive a rating of between 0 and 20 on the rating schedule.

10 5278 Claw foot pes cavus acquired. However the ankle instability may occur in conjunction with other issues such as knee pain and leg pain. And the Veterans testimony during the October 2014 Board hearing that he experienced internal foot pain during service. The history of marching running and walking in service.

In a June 2017 rating decision the RO granted an initial disability rating of 10 percent for the entire appellate period for the Veterans service-connected bilateral hammertoes The Board notes that the Veteran has been diagnosed with a variety of foot disorders to include pes cavus hallux rigidus and hallux valgus. A progressive foot deformity in which the first metatarsophalangeal MTP joint is affected and is often accompanied by significant functional disability and foot pain. A 50 percent VA Rating for Plantar Fasciitis is warranted if the symptoms for severe in the 30 rating as stated above are bilateral and occurring in both feet. The Veterans July 1977 in-service complaint of bilateral foot pain for one month.

In general the VA disability rating for foot pain is found under 38 CFR 471a. 20 Veterans can receive the 20 percent rating fr plantar fasciitis affecting one foot and is not responsive to treatment. The VA might note the presence of other conditions and award the veteran an even higher VA disability rating. The combined rating of the veterans bilateral conditions right foot and left knee is 28.

5277 Weak foot bilateral. Claw foot pes cavus acquired. Below are the specific qualifications for each rating percentage. The VA awards disability compensation for each Foot condition that is service-connectedThe DoD will also rate service-connected conditions as long as they also make the service member Unfit for D uty.

The eight diagnostic codes that apply to this schedule are found from 5276 to 5283. 10 Veterans can receive the 10 percent rating for plantar fasciitis affecting one or both feet that is responsive to treatment. A painful swelling on the first joint of the big toe. These are as follows.

Friendly reminder that there is NO separate diagnostic code for Plantar Fasciitis so its most commonly assigned a VA rating analogous to diagnostic code 5276 Flatfoot Acquired. In providing the above opinion the VA examiner should address the following.