| VA - (4 Mos. Post-Separation) | |||||||
| Code | Rating | Condition | Code | Rating | Exam | ||
| Chronic Mid and Upper Back Pain | 5299-5295 | 20% | Degenerative Arthritis, Sacroiliac Joint | 5294-5292 | 10%* | 20030617 | |
| Other x 0 | |||||||
| Combined: 10% |
| Thoracolumbar ROM (Degrees) |
MEB 5 .50 Mo. Pre-Sep | VA C&P 13 days Mo. Post-Sep |
| Flexion (90 Normal) | 85 * | 80 |
| Extension (30) | 35 * | 15 |
| R Lat Flexion (30) | 40 | 15 |
| L Lat Flexion (30) | 35 | 15 |
| R Rotation (30) | 40 | 30 |
| L Rotation (30) | 40 | 30 |
| Combined (240) | 275 | 185 |
| Comment | *pain limited; paraspinal spinal tenderness; ROM decreased secondary to pain; “constant pressure pain with spasms” | Right periscapular rhomboid tenderness ; tenderness over right sacro iliac joint; |
| §4.71a Rating | 20 % | 10 % |
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-01693
invalid font number 31502 Service IPEB – Dated 20060316VA - (3 Mos. Chronic Upper Back Pain Condition . The CI was seen in pain managementprior to deploying for pain medications due to the chronic clavicle and shoulder pain.
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD2013 00224
Separation Date: 20040223 The rating for the unfitting low back condition is addressed below; no additional conditions are within the DoDI 6040.44 defined purview of the Board. Physical Disability Board of Review
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01569
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. invalid font number 31502 invalid font number 31502 Service FPEB – Dated 20041103VA – 88 Months Post-SeparationConditionCodeRatingConditionCodeRatingExam Chronic Radiating LBP 52420%Chronic LBP5237NSC20120529Left Toe...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD2013 00161
The ratings for the unfitting neck and back conditions are addressed below. The PT note on 16March 2007, 3 months prior to separation recorded bubble inclinometer ROM without specification of the method used, or normal values, at flexion 21 degrees, and extension 9 degrees with pain.The MEB NARSUM exam on 23 April 2007, approximately2 months prior to separation, documented that the CI’s LBP symptoms had slowly worsened and that he had undergone rest, activity modification, anti-inflammatory...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-02308
He rated his pain at 4/10. Deluca criteria§4.71a Rating10%* (PEB 10%)10% (VA 10%) invalid font number 31502 *IAW VASRD §4.59, Painful motion invalid font number 31502 The Board directed attention to its rating recommendation based on the above evidence.The PEB coded the chronic LBP secondary to L5-S1 HNP without neurologic deficit condition 5243 (Intervertebral Disc Syndrome) and rated at 10%. RECOMMENDATION : The Board, therefore, recommends that there be no re-characterization of the...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01840
invalid font number 31502 BOARD FINDINGS : IAW DoDI 6040.44, provisions of DoD or Military Department regulations or guidelines relied upon by the PEB will not be considered by the Board to the extent they were inconsistent with the VASRD in effect at the time of the adjudication.The Board did not surmise from the record or PEB ruling in this case that any prerogatives outside the VASRD were exercised.In the matter of the low back pain condition, the Board unanimously recommends a disability...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD2013 01713
The PEB adjudicated “chronic low back pain (LBP) status post (s/p) L5/S1 fusion” as unfitting, rated 10%, citing criteria of the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD). Should the Board judge that a condition was most likely incompatible with the specific duty requirements, a disability rating IAW the VASRD, based on the degree of disability evidenced at separation, will be recommended. invalid font number 31502 ” The CI had chronic LBP and ROM flexion limited to 80 degrees at the MEB exam.
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD 2013 01186
Additionally, members agreed that the chronic low back pain and left shoulder pain conditions, as isolated conditions, would have rendered the CI incapable of continued service within his MOS and therefore each is separately unfitting and merits a separate rating. Physical Disability Board of Review Providing a correction to the individual’s separation document showing that the individual was separated by reason of permanent disability retirement effective the date of the original medical...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 00792
Thoracic Back Pain Condition . The Board deliberated the rating of the thoracic BP condition and is required to provide a rating recommendation based on the VASRD rating guidelines in effect at the time of the CI’s date of separation and the Board did so.The Board considered the evidence, at the time of separation, supported the CI having localized thoracic BP with normal ROM, muscle strength, sensation and reflexes. I direct that all the Department of the Army records of the individual...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 01647
invalid font number 31502 Service FPEB – Dated 20030917VA (# Mo. The PEB used these rules to rate the chronic LBP condition, coded 5295 lumbosacral strain, and initially rated at 10% (with characteristic pain on motion). The Board notes that although they did not change the VASRD code, verbiage contained on the FPEB’s findings and recommendations document suggeststhe FPEB may have utilized VASRD code 5293, intervertebral disc syndrome (also in effect at the time of separation) to arrive at...