Service IPEB – Dated 20020125 |
VA (1 Mos. Pre-Separation) – All Effective Date 20020315 | ||||||
Condition |
Code | Rating | Condition | Code | Rating | Exam | |
Low Back Pain |
5299-5295 | 10% | Low Back Pain | 5299-5295 | 10% | 20030221 | |
↓No Additional MEB/PEB Entries↓ |
Hemorrhoids | 7336 | 10% | 20030221 | |||
Scar, Neck s/p Hemithyroidectomy | 7800 | 10% | 20030221 | ||||
Hypothyroid Disease | 7903 | 10% | 20030221 | ||||
Migraines | 8100 | 10% | 20030221 | ||||
Carpal Tunnel R wrist | 8599-8515 | 10% | 20030221 | ||||
0% X 2 / Not Service-Connected x 6 | |||||||
Combined: 10% |
Combined: 50% |
UNFITTING CONDITION |
VASRD CODE | RATING | |
Low Back Pain |
5299-5295 | 10% | |
RATING |
10% |
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD-2012-01318
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS PHYSICAL DISABILITY BOARD OF REVIEW NAME: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX BRANCH OF SERVICE: ARMY CASE NUMBER: PD1201318 SEPARATION DATE: 20011006 BOARD DATE: 20130305 SUMMARY OF CASE: Data extracted from the available evidence of record reflects that this covered individual (CI) was an active duty SPC/E-4 (92Y/Supply Specialist), medically separated for chronic low back pain (LBP). The MEB forwarded no other conditions for Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) adjudication. After...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD2013 00117
Spine surgery evaluation concluded there was no indication for surgery.The MEB physical examination on29January 2002 (DD Form 2808) recorded “ROM 45 degrees anterior flexion” but did not specify whether this was lumbar spine or trunk motion.The orthopedic MEB narrative summary addendum examination on30March 2002, recorded back flexion with fingers reaching to mid shin (approximately 70 degrees), similar to the physical therapy examination the year previously.There was tenderness to palpation...
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 | PD2012-01058
IAW DoDI 6040.44, this Board must consider the appropriate rating for the CI’s back condition at separation based on the VASRD standards in effect at that time. An outpatient examination on 21 November 2001 (7 months prior to separation) documented a negative straight leg raise (SLR) test and normal muscle strength, sensation and DTRs. At a later C&P exam on 23 June 2003 (a year after separation), the CI reported constant low back dull, aching pain.
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 01798
Pain was elicited on straight leg raise (SLR) without pain radiation, and no other objective evidence of radiculopathy.During the MEB/NARSUM on 4 August 2002,the evaluation noted normal neuromuscular examination, normal gait (heel toe walk and tandem walk), and no evidence ofradiculopathy.Upon MEB/NARSUM evaluation on 7 November 2002, approximately 4 months prior to separation, the CI reported chronic back pain. BOARD FINDINGS : IAW DoDI 6040.44, provisions of DoD or Military Department...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 01387
The migraine headache and low back conditions, characterized as “classic migraine headache, mild-moderate severity” and “mechanical low back pain-refractory,” were forwarded to the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) IAW AFI 48-123.Intermittent right sided action tremor and subjective right sided tingling and paresis conditions were identified by the MEB and also forwarded as failing retention standards.The Informal PEB (IPEB)adjudicated the migraine headaches and LBPas unfitting, rated 10% and...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD2013 00078
The CI was evaluated for reported symptoms of paresthesias of the right upper extremity, but cervical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on 9 January 2001 did not show spinal canal stenosis or nerve encroachment and nerve conduction studies on 13 April 2001 did not show any evidence of radicuolpathy.The CI was involved in another MVA on 26 June 2001 and was seen in the ER for “right shoulder, neck and low back pain;” the exam noted only right trapezius muscle tenderness, no spinal tenderness,...
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 | PD2012-01084
Mechanical low back pain and myofascial pain of the right hip were forwarded to the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) as medically unacceptable IAW AR 40-501. The Board’s role is confined to the review of medical records and all evidence at hand to assess the fairness of PEB rating determinations, compared to VASRD standards, based on severity at the time of separation. The 2003 VASRD coding and rating standards for the spine, which were in effect at the time of separation, were changed to...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012-00991
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS PHYSICAL DISABILITY BOARD OF REVIEW BRANCH OF SERVICE: ARMY SEPARATION DATE: 20030930 NAME: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX CASE NUMBER: PD1200991 BOARD DATE: 20130116 SUMMARY OF CASE: Data extracted from the available evidence of record reflects that this covered individual (CI) was a Reserve SFC/E‐4 (95B40/Military Police), medically separated for chronic low back pain (LBP) and post‐traumatic arthrosis, right ankle. Any conditions or contention not requested in this application, or...