VA - Service Treatment Records (STR) | |||||||
Code | Rating | Condition | Code | Rating | Exam | ||
Chronic Low Back Pain | 5299-5295 | 10% | Low Back Pain w/Disc Bulge L3-L4 and L4-L5 | 5293-5292 | 20% | STR | |
Other x 2 | STR | ||||||
Combined: 20% |
(Degrees) |
Ortho ~ 3 Mo. Pre-Sep | NARSUM ~ 2.5 Mo . Pre-Sep | Sep. Exam ~ 2 Mo. Pre-Sep | |
“ Within 6 in. of floor ” | 45 | 45 | ||
20 | 15 | 10 | ||
20 | (30) 35 | (30) 35 | ||
20 | (30) 35 | (30) 35 | ||
Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | ||
Paraspinal tenderness | +Pain with movement , paraspinal tenderness | |||
10 % | 10 % or 20% | 10% or 20% |
VASRD CODE | RATING | ||
Chronic Low Back Pain | 5292 | 20% | |
20% |
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD-2012-01020
Post-Separation) All Effective Date 20020906 Condition Code Rating Condition Code Rating Exam Chronic Low Back Pain w/out Neurologic Abnormality 5299-5295 10% Lower Back Condition with Bulging Disc at L4/L5 and Radiculopathy 5293 20% 20021010 .No Additional MEB/PEB Entries. The 2002 Veterans Administration Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD) coding and rating standards for the spine, which were in effect at the time of separation, were changed in late September 2002 regarding...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012-00708
The PEB rated the condition 10% based on pain on forward motion under the 5295 code for lumbosacral strain. The VA reported 90 degrees of lumbar forward flexion and ROMs were consistent with near-normal ROMs from the AMA guidelines in effect at the time, and the Board adjudged these as slight limitation (IAW 5292, Spine, limitation of lumbar motion). Service Treatment Record Exhibit C. Department of Veterans’ Affairs Treatment Record XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, DAF Director Physical Disability...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 01050
Ratings for unfitting conditions will be reviewed in all cases. The Board evaluates DVA evidence proximal to separation in arriving at its recommendations, but its authority resides in evaluating the fairness of DES fitness decisions and rating determinations for disability at the time of separation. The DVA, however, is empowered to compensate service-connected conditions and to periodically re-evaluate said conditions for the purpose of adjusting the Veteran’s disability rating should...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD-2012-01541
The chronic LBP condition, characterized as mechanical low back pain was forwarded to the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) IAW AR 40-501. Post-Separation) Condition Code Rating Condition Code Rating Exam Chronic Low Back Pain 5299-5295 10% Spondylosis of the Lumbosacral Spine 5295 10% 20020226 No Additional MEB/PEB Entries Other x N/A Combined: 10% Combined: 10% ANALYSIS SUMMARY: Chronic Low Back Pain Condition: The MEB narrative summary (NARSUM), dated 03 May 2001, 5 months prior to...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-02105
The Board’s assessment of the PEB rating determinations is confined to review of medical records and all available evidence for application of the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD) standards to the unfitting medical condition at the time of separation. Low Back Condition . The Board considered the 5292 limitation of motion code and noted there were no entries in the treatment records to support a rating under this code since all of the recorded ROM were described as full.
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 01966
MINORITY OPINION This Board member recommends a 40% rating for severe limitation of motion of the lumbar spine based on the pain limited flexion of 10 degrees at the MEB NARSUM exam and pain limited flexion of 30 degrees at the VA C&P exam. The MEB NARSUM exam documented lumbar flexion that was limited to only 10 degrees by pain, which indicates a severe limitation of motion. Although the VA C&P examination was after separation, it was actually closer in time to the date of separation, and...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 00808
The MEB forwarded chronic back pain and chronic neck pain as medically unacceptablefor Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) adjudication IAW AR 40-501.The PEB adjudicated the “chronic pain, neck and LBP, without neurologic abnormality” as unfitting, rated together as 10% with application of the US Army Physical Disability Agency (USAPDA) pain policy. In the matter of the “unbundled” chronic neck pain condition, the Board unanimously agrees it was not separately unfitting and that it cannot...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012-00748
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS PHYSICAL DISABILITY BOARD OF REVIEW NAME: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX BRANCH OF SERVICE: ARMY CASE NUMBER: PD1200748 SEPARATION DATE: 20020711 BOARD DATE: 20121218 SUMMARY OF CASE: Data extracted from the available evidence of record reflects that this covered individual (CI) was an active duty SGT/E‐5 (92G20/Food Service Specialist), medically separated for chronic mechanical low back pain (LBP), multifactorial with spondylolysis L5/S1, facet hypertrophy, and degenerative disc...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD2013 00084
5292 Spine, limitation of motion of, lumbar The VA rating decision cited “mild symptoms associated with intervertebral disc syndrome” for its 10% rating under 5293. SUBJECT: Department of Defense Physical Disability Board of Review Recommendation for AR20130011457 (PD201300084)I have reviewed the enclosed Department of Defense Physical Disability Board of Review (DoD PDBR) recommendation and record of proceedings pertaining to the subject individual.
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012-00744
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS PHYSICAL DISABILITY BOARD OF REVIEW CASE NUMBER: PD1200744 BOARD DATE: 20130314 NAME: X BRANCH OF SERVICE: MARINE CORPS SEPARATION DATE: 20011115 SUMMARY OF CASE: Data extracted from the available evidence of record reflects that this covered individual (CI) was a U.S. Marine Corps active duty CPL/E-4(6531/Aviation Ordanceman) medically separated for chronic low back pain (LBP). RATING COMPARISON: PEB – Dated 20010921 Condition Chronic Low Back Pain Left Lateral Leg...