Va Rating For Bilateral Knee Arthritis

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Va rating for bilateral knee arthritis. Department of Veterans Affairs Department of Defense. VA assigns a 0 10 20 or 30 percent disability rating for this knee pain condition based on the amount of instability present in the knee. According to the rating criteria if the knee can straighten but cant bend all the way it is rated under 5260. The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense guidelines are based upon the best information available at the time of publication.

Rheumatoid arthritis can receive the following disability ratings from the VA. Regrettably the rating for knee disability are outdated and have not been updated for many years. VA joint pain ratings are funny. If you can show evidence of any kind of strenuous work put on your knee you can get closer to service-connected arthritis.

But in cases where the limitation of motion of the specific joint or. As a result regional offices around the country provide rating of only 10 to 20. However both are still rated under the musculoskeletal system conditions. These ratings are assigned based on how much the knee can bend.

Arthritis degenerative hypertrophic or osteoarthritis. The VA disability rating for knee arthritis can go up to 100 for rheumatoid arthritis if the condition causes you to be completely incapacitated. Separating ratings into separate joints can also help you get closer to the bilateral factor which will add on another 10 rating. The VA uses the rules of the VASRD to rate knee and lower leg conditions based on pain limited motion damage to the bones diseases like arthritis etc.

A knee instability VA rating can be related to arthritis but doesnt have to be. In order to get the highest evaluation the knee must be so unstable that it gives out or dislocates on a regular basis. 5003 Arthritis degenerative hypertrophic or osteoarthritis. Check out our Knee and Lower Leg Conditions Ratings page for the exact codes and ratings.

So the less the knee can bend the higher the rating will be. Or if incapacitating episodes occur 3 or more times per year. Many veterans are so disabled by their knee arthritis that they are unable to work. Several rating criteria affect the total rating decision.

Under the schedule of ratings in the VA regulations arthritis may be rated under degenerative arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis. The Department of Veterans Affairs says of this condition that when established via X-rays the VA disability rating will be made on the basis of limitation of motion under the appropriate diagnostic codes for the specific joint or joints involved. Slight 10 moderate 20 or severe 30 under Diagnostic Code 5257. Degenerative arthritis established by X-ray findings will be rated on the basis of limitation of motion under the appropriate diagnostic codes for the specific joint or joints involved DC 5200 etc.

To receive a 20 percent rating for degenerative arthritis X-ray evidence must show that two or more major joints or two or more groups of minor joints have degenerative arthritis and produce occasional incapacitating episodes. There are two types of arthritis recognized by the VA that can appear in the knees degenerative arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis as an active condition may receive a 100 VA disability rating if you experience constitutional manifestations associated with active joint involvement and is totally incapacitating. To be rated at 10 percent for degenerative arthritis veterans must have X-ray evidence revealing two or more major joints or two or more groups of minor joints are afflicted by degenerative arthritis.

The VA has 3 ways to categorize this aspect when rating arthritis of the knee. The different percentages available are 0 10 20 and 30.