VA - 2 Mos. Pre-Separation | |||||||
Code | Rating | Condition | Code | Rating | Exam | ||
Chronic Low Back Pain Due to Degenerative Disc Disease, w/out Neurologic Abnormality | 5299-5242 | 10% | Degenerative Joint Disease, Lumbar Spine* | 5242 | 10% | 20040607 | |
Combined: 30% |
Thoracolumbar ROM (Degrees) |
MEB ~
5
Mo. Pre-Sep |
VA C&P ~ 2
Mo. Pre
-Sep |
Flexion (90 Normal) | 90 | 90 |
Extension (30) | 15 | 30 |
R Lat Flexion (30) | 26 | 30 |
L Lat Flexion (30) | 22 | 30 |
R Rotation (30) | 25 | 30 |
L Rotation (30) | 20 | 30 |
Combined (240) | 198 | 240 |
Comment | Minimal TTP LS spine and left SI joint. DTRs normal. SLR negative. | No pain on flexion & extension. ROM is not limited by pain, fatigue, weakness, coordination, or lack of endurance. Gait and spinal contour normal. |
§4.71a Rating | 10 % | 10 % |
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-01694
The Board’s assessment of the PEB rating determinations is confined to review of medical records and all available evidence for application of theVASRDstandards to the unfitting medical condition at the time of separation. The examiner documented tenderness to palpation of the bilateral cervical paraspinal musculature, extending to the upper back bilaterally, with no weakness or painful motion noted.The examiner diagnosed “myofascial pain” which was treated with “trigger point...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00411
The CI was referred to the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB), found unfit only for the Low Back Pain condition determined unfit for continued military service and separated at 10% disability using the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Ratings Disabilities (VASRD) and applicable Navy and Department of Defense regulations. The Board also considered the condition of Sciatica and unanimously determined that as the CI only had radiating pain and no motor or sensory deficits, no rating may be applied. ...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 01529
The brain trauma and incontinence conditionswere not identified by the MEB or PEB and thus,they are not within the DoDI 6040.44 defined purview of the Board.These and any other condition or contention not requested in this application, remain eligible for future consideration by the BCMR. RECOMMENDATION : The Board, therefore, recommends that there be no recharacterization of the CI’s disability and separation determination, as follows: Physical Disability Board of Review
AF | PDBR | CY2011 | PD2011-01028
The Board evaluates VA 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 low back pain also radiated to the left buttock, hip and the upper anterior left thigh including “left sacroiliac joint pain, which is thought to be related to the low back pain.” X-rays of the lumbar spine and sacroiliac joints were normal; MRI of the...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01983
The Board’s assessment of the PEB rating determinations is confined to review of medical records and all available evidence for application of theVeterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD) standards to the unfitting medical condition at the time of separation. Post-Separation)ConditionCodeRatingConditionCodeRatingExam Chronic Back Pain523710%Degenerative Disc Disease 5242-524320%20051123Other MEB/PEB Conditions x 0 (Not in Scope)Other x 8 RATING: 10%RATING: 70% *Derived from...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-02240
Low Back and Left Leg Pain Condition. Despite additional treatment the CI continued to report primarily back pain with some numbness/tingling to the left thigh area, but was noted to have good strength, sensation and reflexes.A repeat myelogram did not indicate any further nerve compression and no further surgical intervention was recommended.At the MEB examination performed on 9 March 2005, approximately 4 months prior to separation, the CI reported chronic pain increased by activity and...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD 2014 01530
Post-SepFlexion (90 Normal)“Guarding occurring at 10⁰ off vertical” (with pain)90(70) 68/66/6880Combined (240)Unk/incomplete--240220230Comment“otherwise deferred”; painful motion; tendernessNo painful motion; normal gait; normal peripheral nerve examTender;painful motion“ Pain from 80-90⁰ flexion” §4.71a Rating10%-40%0% (VA NSC)10%10% (VA 10%)The Board directs attention to its rating recommendation based on the above evidence. RECOMMENDATION : The Board, therefore, recommends that there be...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-00044
Separation Date: 20070302 The VA coded the back condition as 5243 (Intervertebral disc syndrome) and rated at 10%.The General Rating Formula for Diseases and Injuries of the Spine considers the CI’s pain symptoms “with or without symptoms such as pain (whether or not it radiates), stiffness or aching in the area of the spine affected by residuals of injury or disease.” The exams proximate to separation did not document limitation of ROM, but both exams documented painful motionwhich would...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-01529
Strength and reflexes of the LEs were normal.A physical therapy evaluation of the upper back on 7 April 2009 separately noted ROM of the thoracic spine and ROM of the lumbar spine. After due deliberation in consideration of the preponderance of the evidence, the Board concluded that there was insufficient cause to recommend a change in the PEB fitness determination for the neck condition and so no additional disability rating is recommended. Accordingly, the Board recommended no...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01815
The VA physical examination revealed normal gait and posture. The Board additionally considered if the symptomatic lower extremity radiculopathy warranted an additional disability rating; but, members agreed that the requisite link of the neuropathy symptoms with functional impairment was not in evidence. RECOMMENDATION : The Board, therefore, recommends that there be no recharacterization of the CI’s disability and separation determination.