Va Rating For Foot Drop

Both the VA and the DoD award Military Disability for the Foot.

Va rating for foot drop. Dorsal flexion of foot lost. 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. The DoD will also rate service-connected muscle injuries as long as they also make the service member Unfit for Duty. If your Sciatic nerve causes your foot to drop and impairs your walking and you cant lift your knee you might get up to an 80 rating.

The foot dangles and drops no active movement possible of muscles below the knee flexion of knee weakened or very rarely lost 80. The VA awards disability compensation for injuries to the Foot and Lower Leg Muscles that are service-connected. No muscle in sole can move. With actual loss of use of the foot rate 40 percent.

For Reservists the injury must have occurred in the Line of Duty to qualify. In lesions of the nerve high in popliteal fossa plantar flexion of foot is lost. For Reservists the condition must have occurred in or resulted from an injury in the Line of Duty to qualify. From my experience I have been diagnosed and rated for foot drop as a neurological condition under rating code 8521 which is the only code that I know of that specifically deals with the term and the maximum rating for this condition is 40.

Internal popliteal nerve tibial Complete. Here is the rating information as I copied it directly from the CFRs. Abduction of foot lost adduction weakened. Your dominant hand you might get a different VA rating.

Namely if you have a foot condition that is not listed in diagnostic codes 5276 through 5283 you can ask for a rating under 5284. Overview for Rating Foot and Lower Leg Muscle Conditions. Were it listed in the SSA Blue Book listings it would be evaluated under adult listing section 100 Musculoskeletal System - Adult or section 1100 Neurological System - Adult. Generally foot drop is not a diagnosis on its own.

80 Complete paralysis meaning that the foot dangles or drops no active movement possible of muscles below the knee flexion of knee weakened or lost 60 Incomplete paralysis severe with marked muscular atrophy 40 Incomplete paralysis moderately severe. Anesthesia covers entire dorsum of foot and toes. VA also provides an additional diagnostic code ie 5284 that serves as a catch-all for other foot injuries. VA doesnt think much of your feet in The Schedule it tells the rater 5284 Foot injuries other.

Plantar flexion lost frank adduction of foot impossible flexion and separation of toes abolished. If you have multiple disability ratings we use them to calculate your combined VA disability rating. We assign you a disability rating based on the severity of your service-connected condition. We use your disability rating to determine how much disability compensation youll receive each month as well as your eligibility for other VA benefits.

Foot drop would most likely fall under the classification of neurological or musculoskeletal impairments. 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. Depending on the loss of feeling in your elbow vs. Severe with marked muscular atrophy 60.