AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00125
Foot Coding and Rating . A 10% rating for each foot under the original PEB code was unanimously recommended. There was also unanimous agreement that neither back pain, depression nor any other of the CI’s conditions merited recommendation as additionally unfitting.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00126
The medical bases for the separation was a back condition and a bilateral knee condition. The Board has no reasonable basis for recommending any additional unfitting conditions for separation rating. The PEB rated both knees under the VASRD coded 5003 for two major joints.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00127
Rating was according to The Board therefore recommends that the back condition be rated 20% under the 5293 code. In the matter of the peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, umbilical hernia, right shoulder condition, hearing loss or any other medical conditions eligible for Board consideration; the Board unanimously agrees that it cannot recommend any findings of unfit for additional rating at separation.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00128
He was separated with a 20% disability rating for 5293 Intervertebral disc syndrome using the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Ratings Disabilities (VASRD) and applicable Air Force regulations. Using an evaluation done before separation from the Air Force, the Veterans Administration (VA) initially rated his disability at a combined 50%. This increased to 70% after an evaluation done nine months after separation revealed that the CI’s back condition had worsened and the 20% rating for 5243...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00129
The Air Force Informal Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) found him unfit for continued service with a combined rating of 20%. He was separated with a 20% disability rating for 5399-5310 Plantar fasciitis (10% for each foot with the bilateral factor added) using the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Ratings Disabilities (VASRD) and applicable Air Force regulations. After careful consideration of all available information, the Board concluded that the CI’s condition is appropriately rated at a...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00130
All evidence considered, the Board recommends a 10% rating for the cervical condition. PTSD . It also stated that he ‘tends to be a workaholic’ as a symptom of PTSD.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00132
Knee Condition . In addition to rating the left knee (already discussed), the VA also rated the left shoulder. Left shoulder pain was not noted by the CI on the MEB physical nor mentioned in the NARSUM.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00133
The CI had additional orthopedic conditions (back, right knee, and right ankle) which were forwarded by the MEB as medically acceptable. The NARSUM, however, specifically states ‘must have access to diabetic diet’ and this requirement is documented in medical profiles and diabetic clinic notes. Other Conditions .
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00134
The CI was medically separated with a combined disability rating of 20%. Disc Disease L4/5…524120%20080717LLE Radicular Pain > Combined with back rating.20070531Radiculopathy, LLE5241-852010%20080717↓No Additional DA 3947 Entries.↓Degen. The Board, therefore, recommends that it be rated as an additionally unfitting condition.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00136
A Board majority determined the Commander’s letter which stated the CI’s knee, neck, shoulder, and hand conditions prevented him from performing the duties of his rating and the required physical fitness test was sufficient evidence to determine both cervical spondylosis and C6 radiculopathy were unfitting at the time of separation. This Board member determined there was insufficient evidence to consider either Cervical Spondylosis with C5-C6 Left Foraminal Stenosis and Arthritis or...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00137
CI CONTENTION : The application states: “The Department of Veterans Affairs rated the member at 40% and 30% for the same conditions rated 20% and 0% by the Army.” He additionally lists all of his VA conditions and ratings (which include PTSD rated 70%) as noted in the rating chart below. The Board deliberated if a compensable psychiatric condition (diagnosis of depression from earlier MEB opinions, coded 9434, rated 30% derived from the MEB psychiatric addendum) should be recommended as an...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00138
It was stated that he will continue to have these episodes as before and should be considered unfit. The PEB determined the CI was unfit for Conversion disorder and rated it at 10%. In their rating rationale, the VA stated the CI had improved after separating from service and they rated his disability at 10%.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00139
The medical bases for the separation were cervical and thoracolumbar spine conditions. The CI was thus medically separated with a combined disability rating of 20%. The Board therefore recommends a 10% rating for the thoracolumbar condition and a 20% rating for the cervical condition.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00141
The CI appealed the GVHD and several other conditions as complications of AML and its treatment. Although the CI stated in his appeal to the formal PEB, ‘there is sufficient evidence in my case to rate me with at least 30% under VA Code 7703-7716’, the evidence does not provide a VASRD pathway to a higher rating for the leukemia under either applicable code. are being rated separately.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00142
The Formal PEB concurred and he was then separated with a 20% disability for 5299-5257 Chronic left knee pain, status post repair of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) with tearing of posterior horn of lateral meniscus and tricompartmental degenerative change using the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Ratings Disabilities (VASRD) and applicable Air Force and Department of Defense regulations. Using an evaluation completed two months after the time of separation from the Air Force, the Veterans...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00144
The PEB determined he was unfit for continued military service and he was then separated with a 10% disability for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia symptoms using the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Ratings Disabilities (VASRD) and applicable Coast Guard and Department of Defense regulations. CI CONTENTION : The rating should be changed because the percent given me did not match my condition at the time and my condition now. These symptoms included weekly...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00145
Discussion: The CI was diagnosed with PTSD and was found unfit for PTSD at 10%. VARD (diagnosed as Tinnitus) 20080516 and rated it at 10% based on exam of 20080107: The condition is noted in your service treatment records as of May 3, 2007; We have assigned a 10 percent evaluation based on examination findings that has determined, your tinnitus is persistent in nature; the diagnosis that has been given is ringing in the left ear. There is no hearing loss present on the right and there is...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00146
The PEB adjudicated the CI unfit for the DM only, and he was separated at a 20% disability rating. All evidence considered, there is not reasonable doubt in the CI’s favor supporting recharacterization of the PEB fitness adjudication for the cervical radiculopathy condition. The complications of unfitting DM should be considered for rating as additionally unfitting conditions if their separate impact on fitness is significant.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00147
The medical basis for the separation was a back condition. Those two conditions with Low Back Pain account for 100% of my pain.’ She correlates these conditions with anthrax immunization on active duty. In the matter of all of the CI’s other medical conditions; the Board does not recommend a finding of unfit for additional rating at separation.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00148
The PEB found the CI unfit only for the neck and back conditions, rated 10% each, and he was medically separated with a combined disability rating of 20%. Although the condition was rated 10% by the VA, the rating examiner described no active symptoms or treatment. In the matter of the asthma, bilateral hearing impairment, right shoulder condition, left knee condition, right ankle condition, acid reflux, headache condition or any other medical conditions eligible for Board consideration;...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00149
Using an evaluation done three months after separation from the Marines, the Veterans Administration (VA) rated this disability at a combined 30% with 5308 Left hand repair at 20% and 5024-5215 left wrist volar and dorsal blast defects at 10%. BOARD FINDINGS : IAW DoDI 6040.44, the Board used the Veteran’s Affairs Schedule of Rating Disabilities (VASRD) as the most favorable basis for rating. The Group VII injury is characterized as moderately severe IAW with VASRD paragraph 4.56 because...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00150
PHYSICAL DISABILITY BOARD OF REVIEW The medical basis for the separation was "Chronic pain, right shoulder, due to acromioclavicular arthrosis and rotator cuff tendinopathy, rated as light/intermittent." The CI had undergone a Medical Duty Review Board for this condition and was found fit for return to duty with permanent profile in 19990624.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00151
The PEB found the CI unfit for PTSD only and he was medically separated with a disability rating of 10%. That was not very problematic in this case because the VA rating examination after two years was not significantly changed from the MEB and pre-separation VA psychiatric evaluations. There are therefore no additional conditions in this case appropriate for Board recommendation as additionally unfitting for separation rating.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00152
The CI contends for a higher rating for PTSD; VA rated 70%, Army rated 10%. CI’s later exams (20050822) demonstrated worsening of PTSD and his VA PTSD rating was increased to 100%. However, the exam of 20050419 was closest to the time provisions of §4.129, and that later rating changes indicated worsening of symptoms and were not reflective of CI’s condition at the 6-month post discharge timeframe.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00153
SUMMARY OF CASE : This covered individual (CI) was a CW2 reserve helicopter pilot medically separated from the Army in 2002 after 9 years of service. The VA rated CI’s condition at 30% both when he started TDRL, and following CI’s discharge. It is administratively final that CI’s condition was unfitting so this case focused on VASRD coding.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00154
Unfitting ConditionsCodeRatingDateConditionCodeRatingExamEffectiveResiduals of a Left Elbow Injury500310%Residual, Left Elbow Comminuted Avulsion Fracture of the Olecranon with Degenerative Arthritis (Claimed as Left Elbow and Left Arm Conditions)5003-520550%2007040320070124Left elbow degenerative joint disease (PEB)FIT---Ulnar Nerve Neuropathy With Chronic Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Left Elbow (Claimed as Left Hand Condition, 4th and 5th Digits) Associated with Residual, Left Elbow...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00156
In the matter of the cervical shrapnel injury and whiplash condition, the Board unanimously recommends that it be rated for two separate unfitting conditions as follows: injury to muscle group XXII coded 5322 and rated 10%; and, injury to muscle group XXIII coded 5323 and rated 10%; both IAW VASRD §4.56 and §4.73. In the matter of the right wrist condition, history of low back pain, headache condition or any other medical conditions eligible for Board consideration; the Board unanimously...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00157
Chronic, Persistent Deep Venous Thrombosis/Recurrent Pulmonary Embolism/Hypercoagulable State requiring chronic use of anticoagulants: The CI served in the U.S. Marine Corps between 1987 and 1991 on active duty. VA treatment records revealed that in January 2009, the CI was admitted for another pulmonary embolism. Either condition alone would require Coumadin use.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00158
The VA rated CI’s shoulders at 30% combined using a combination of 10% for the left shoulder instability, 10% for the right shoulder instability and 10% for the right shoulder painful scar. He has chronic pain and disability even after surgery on one shoulder, can’t lift over 10 lbs, has limited ROM, painful shoulders and right knee; painful running due to both knee and shoulders (slide in and out of socket); shoulder pain making sleep difficult, and that all were combat wounds and not...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00159
He was referred to the PEB and separated at 10% disability for pes planus as his only unfitting condition. The other contended conditions include back pain, hypertension (HTN) and depression. Foot Rating .
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00160
The CI was referred to the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) and was found unfit for continued military service due to low back pain, neck pain and shoulder pain. The low back pain and neck pain were rated 10% each and the left shoulder pain was rated 0%. without having pain.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00161
Other Conditions . The Board, therefore, has no reasonable basis for recommending any additional unfitting conditions for separation rating. The Board, therefore, recommends that it be rated as an additionally unfitting condition.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00162
The medical basis for the separation was a back condition. The Board therefore recommends that there be no recharacterization of the CI’s Physical Evaluation Board adjudication. Service Treatment Record.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00163
There is no service examination in evidence which documented a motor weakness. In the matter of the sciatic peripheral neuropathy, the Board unanimously agrees that it cannot recommend a finding of unfit for additional rating at separation. In the matter of the left ulnar neuropathy, prior hernia surgeries, kidney stone condition, left shoulder injury, left foot injury, anal fissure or any other medical conditions eligible for Board consideration; the Board unanimously agrees that it...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00164
A VA evaluation five months after separation is consistent with the Air Force exam and the VA also used the diagnosis 6847 OSA. A VA evaluation five months after separation was consistent with the AF evaluation. If they had determined all the conditions were unfitting, they would have rated all of them.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00165
The PEB found the CI unfit for the foot injury only and he was medically separated with a disability rating of 20%. All evidence considered, the Board has no reasonable basis for recommending any additional unfitting conditions for separation rating. In the matter of the neck, back, intermittent right hand numbness, right knee and headache conditions or any other medical conditions eligible for Board consideration; the Board unanimously agrees that it cannot recommend any findings of unfit...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00167
The CI was referred to the PEB and determined unfit for the back condition (rated 10%) and right shoulder condition (rated 0%). The Board therefore recommends a 10% rating for the right shoulder condition. In the matter of the lumbar spine condition, the Board unanimously recommends a rating of 20% coded 5241 IAW VASRD §4.71a.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00168
The medical basis for the separation was left shoulder and both knees arthritis and chronic low back pain (LBP). Service ( PEB )VA ~ 2 mos PEB ConditionCode Left shoulder and bi lateral knee pain due to degenerative arthritis, permanently service aggravate by injury. Both the military and VA exams concur that there was no painful motion of the right knee and if rated, the knee would support a 0% rating.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00169
The medical basis for the separation was an elbow condition. The CI was separated at 20% disability for the elbow condition only. Bilateral knee, right shoulder and low back conditions were rated by the VA and evident in the service treatment record.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00170
There is no evidence this condition was unfitting at the time of separation from service. There is no evidence these conditions were unfitting at the time of separation from service. The Board also considered the following conditions and unanimously determined that none were unfitting at the time of separation from service and therefore no disability rating is applied: Residuals, Postoperative Cervical Discectomy and Fusion at C5-C6 and C6-C7, Cervical Disc Disease with Radiculopathy;...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00171
The Air Force Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) found him unfit for continued service and he was separated with a 20% disability rating for 7913 Diabetes Mellitus using the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Ratings Disabilities (VASRD) and applicable Air Force regulations. This rating is based on the severity of the CI’s condition of diabetes mellitus with complications at the time of separation from service. I have carefully reviewed the evidence of record and the recommendation of the Board.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00173
PHYSICAL DISABILITY BOARD OF REVIEW Three other lower extremity conditions (listed in the table below) were found to be Category II (related to the Unfitting Bilateral Pes Planus Condition). He reported that the low back pain occurs after standing a long time, and he feels it is due to his bilateral pes planus (flatfeet).
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00174
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00175
The medical bases for the separation were neck and shoulder conditions. In either case the Board must apply separate codes and ratings in its recommendation, since compensable ratings for each condition are achieved IAW VASRD §4.71a. Right Shoulder Condition .
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00176
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00177
The CI was medically separated by the PEB at 10% disability for depression with elements of PTSD. The case should have been adjudicated IAW VASRD §4.129 and the Board must therefore recommend a 50% TDRL rating at separation, coded 9434-9411. TBI was alluded to in the VA psychiatric rating examination, but the condition has yet to be coded and rated by the VA.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00178
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00179
The VA did rate this condition at 20%. While there was no instability or decreased flexion of the knee at the time of separation from service, the CI did have painful motion of the right knee. The Board also considered Peyronie’s disease with Erectile Dysfunction and Dupuytren‘s Contractures and found no evidence to support a determination that these conditions were unfitting at the time of separation from service and therefore no disability rating is applied.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00181
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00182
The Informal PEB (IPEB) determined he was unfit for continued military service and he was then separated with a 10% disability for 5242 Chronic Neck Pain Secondary to Degenerative Joint Disease associated with Vagal Response Syncopal Episodes, Right Upper Extremity Paresthesias, Migraine Headaches, and Mood Disorder using the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Ratings Disabilities (VASRD) and applicable Air Force and Department of Defense regulations. Therefore, the IPEB rates the condition that...