Va Rating For Broken Foot

If you have multiple disability ratings we use them to calculate your combined VA disability rating.

Va rating for broken foot. 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. Here is the scale Moderate. We assign you a disability rating based on the severity of your service-connected condition. In some cases broken.

The VA awards disability compensation for each Ankle 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. Amputation of the Ball of the Foot. Where however the limitation of motion of the specific joint or joints involved is noncompensable under the codes a rating of 10 percent is for application for each such major joint or group of minor joints affected by limitation of motion to be combined not added under diagnostic code 5002. 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.

If you do not have a 100 percent combined disability rating but you are unable to work because of your foot condition you may be entitled to total disability based on individual unemployabilty TDIU. Major joints include the shoulder wrist elbow hip knee and ankle while minor joints include toes fingers spine and sacroiliac. To determine the rating for your ankle injury the VA will focus on two factors. However VA Central Office seemed to be of the opinion that service connection should be denied if there was no residual disability on the basis that it was an acute and transitory injury.

The 60 percent rating as it is based on constitutional symptoms is not subject to the amputation rule. If you are granted TDIU VA will compensate you at the 100 percent level. Ratings directly impact how much you will receive in disability compensation. Broken Bones in the Foot.

Here are some of the most common body parts affected by orthopedic injuries and how we might establish the severity of your disability. The normal range for the ankle is between 45 to 0 degrees for plantar flexion when the top of your foot points away from your leg and between 20 to 0 degrees for dorsiflexion moving your foot up toward the shin. VA doesnt think much of your feet in The Schedule it tells the rater 5284 Foot injuries other. For instance you may have broken your right foot during combat the service-connected injury.

Metatarsalgia Mortons Disease Other Musculoskeletal Diseases. Loss of UseAmputation of the Foot. With actual loss of use of the foot rate 40 percent. The VA lists the ratings which range from 0 to 100 percent in its Schedule of Rating Disabilities.

Flat Foot Pes Planus Claw Foot. It is typically rated depending on the severity of the overall pain and use. One main cause of this condition is the type of shoe you were issued and the type of surface you were required to stand on to complete your duties. A secondary service connection occurs when you can connect your ankle instability with another service-connected injury or issue.

Flexion limitation of range and motion and pain. When rating injuries of the foot 30 is a max rating for many conditions so when you were increased to 30 you received the maximum rating for that condition. Another way of obtaining a VA rating for ankle instability is by proving a secondary service connection. This 10 percent rating and the other partial ratings of 30 percent or less are to be combined.

Bunions Hallux Valgus Hallux Rigidus.