Va Rating For Exercise Induced Asthma

The VA uses the following to rate asthma.

Va rating for exercise induced asthma. Therefore according to the first two criteria Bill would not qualify for a 10 rating. As many as 90 of all people who have asthma will experience symptoms of EIB during exercise. It causes shortness of breath wheezing coughing and other symptoms during or after exercise. Forced Vital Capacity FVC less than 50-percent predicted or.

Diffusion Capacity of the Lung for Carbon Monoxide by the Single Breath Method DLCO SB less than 40-percent predicted or. The preferred term for this condition is exercise-induced bronchoconstriction brong-koh-kun-STRIK-shun. It is usually brought on by hard breathing of dry or cold air so it is very common in winter sports affecting up to 50 percent of elite cross-country skiers and many world-class ice skaters and hockey players. Maximum exercise capacity less than 15 mlkgmin oxygen.

A ratio of the FEV to the FVC or Forced Vital Capacity. FEV-1FVC of 56 to 70. Symptoms develop when airways narrow as a result of physical activity. The VA increased my 0 AR to 30 and rated me at 30 for Asthma but lumped my Asthma in with Sleep Apnea and continued the current 30 rating.

To get a 10 rating this number would have to be between 40 and 55. FEV-1 of 71 to 80 predicted. First you will need to have tests done to measure the severity of your asthma. They said a separate compensable evaluation for asthma is not warranted as the functional impairment imposed by this condition is the same as that.

Asthma is a bronchial disorder most commonly rated under CFR 38 Part 4 VA Schedule of. Right ventricular hypertrophy or. The Respiratory System Overview. 1235 South Clark Street Suite 305 Arlington VA 22202 Phone.

I am prescribed an inhaler with daily use. General Rating Formula for Interstitial Lung Disease diagnostic. This term is more accurate because the. This is the amount of air you can breathe out in one second.

Cor pulmonale right heart failure or. However if he is being prescribed a bronchodilator inhaler and uses it every now and then Bill would meet the last criteria for the 10 rating. Post Sep 10 2009 4 2009-09-11T0109. An older term for this condition is exercise-induced asthma.

Daily inhalational or oral bronchodilator therapy. The VA expresses this comparison in a percentage. It affects an estimated 17 percent of Olympic-level long-distance. This is measured against the amount of air someone without respiratory problems could expect to exhale.

Single Breath Method DLCO SB less than 40-percent predicted or. For the 10 percent rating a veteran must show one of the following. Does anyone know what the disability rating for exercise induced asthma would be. That would be enough to seek a VA rating for asthma because of the long-term effects of such.

Codes 6825 through 6833. The VA awards disability compensation for each Respiratory System condition that is service-connectedThe DoD will also rate service-connected Respiratory System 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. Maximum exercise capacity less than 15 mlkgmin oxygen consumption with cardiac or respiratory limitation or. FEV-1 of 56 to 70 predicted.

Exercise-induced asthma is a narrowing of the airways in the lungs triggered by strenuous exercise. Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction or EIB is the preferred term for what was known for years as exercise-induced asthma. This term wrongly suggests that exercise causes asthma. Diffusion Capacity of the Lung for Carbon Monoxide by the.

Rating for exercise induced asthma. Intermittent inhalational or oral bronchodilator therapy. The FEV or Forced Expiratory Volume is the first metric. So the 30 rating for Asthma does me no good at all.

FEV-1FVC of 71 to 80. FEV-1 less than 40 percent of predicted value or. For the 30 percent rating a veteran must have. As many as 90 percent of people with asthma also have EIB but not everyone with EIB has asthma.