VA* - (2 Mos. Post-Separation) | |||||||
Code | Rating | Condition | Code | Rating | Exam | ||
Chest Pain, Atypical, Non-Cardiac | 5099-5003 | 0% | Atypical Chest Pain | 5399-5321 | NSC | 20040419 | |
Other x 2 (Not in Scope) | |||||||
Combined: 10% |
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-01682
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. The abdominal examination was normal except right inguinal scar tenderness. In the matter of the chronic inguinal pain condition, the Board unanimously determined that the painful surgical scar was separately...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012-00499
SCOPE OF REVIEW: The Board wishes to clarify that the scope of its review as defined in Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 6040.44 (Enclosure 3, paragraph 5.e.2) is limited to those conditions which were determined by the PEB to be specifically unfitting for continued military service; or, when requested by the CI, those condition(s) “identified but not determined to be unfitting by the PEB.” The rating for the unfitting non-cardiac chest pain condition is addressed below; as is the...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD-2012-00482
The MEB identified and forwarded only the chronic chest wall pain condition for Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) adjudication. The VASRD in effect at the time of separation utilized the subjective criteria of slight, for a 0% rating; moderate, for a 10% rating and moderately severe or severe for a 20% rating for rating purposes under code 5321. RECOMMENDATION: The Board recommends that the CI’s prior determination be modified as follows, effective as of the date of her prior medical...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-00154
The chest/rib paincondition, characterized as “rib pain-chronic bilateral chest wall pain from costochondritis” was forwarded to the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) IAW AR 40-501.No other conditions were submitted by the MEB.The PEB adjudicated “chest wall/rib pain from costochondritis…”as unfitting, rated 10%with application of the US Army Physical Disability Agency (USAPDA) pain policy.The CI made no appeals and was medically separated. The Board’s assessment of the PEB rating...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-02681
The Board gives consideration to VA evidence, particularly within 12 months of separation, but only to the extent that it reasonably reflects the severity of the disability at the time of separation. Pre-Separation) ConditionCodeRatingConditionCodeRatingExam Chronic Back Pain, w/o Neurologic…Abnormality5299-52370%Spondylolisthesis L4 on L5524320%20041203Atypical Chest Pain5099-50030%Residuals, Spontaneous Bilateral Pneumothorax, s/p Left Thoracotomy6699-66020%20041203Other x 0 (Not In...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012-00380
The CI was thus medically separated with a 10% disability rating. Evaluations of the extremities began with a normal arteriogram of the left arm performed concurrently with the cardiac catheterization. The Board has the option of ‘unbundling’ all of the conditions entrained in the PEB rating and recommending separate codes and ratings; but, each disability rating so derived must be supported as separately unfitting by a preponderance of the evidence.
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-01001
Chronic Non-Cardiac Chest Pain .Although the CI’s pre-service medical history and physical exam forms are not available for review by the Board, the available evidence documents that the CI experienced intermittent chest pain prior to 2006. They also acknowledged that it existed prior to service but was permanently aggravated by military service beyond the natural progression of the disease. The VA rating decision stated:
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-00358
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 Costochondritis5099-500310%Chronic Costochondritis 6899-68170%20070425Other x 1 (Not in Scope)Other x 420070425 Rating: 10%Combined: 20% * Derived from...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-00108
These were not documented by the PEB or MEB and are therefore not within the purview of the Board.In addition, the Board determined that the preponderance of evidence does not support the VA determination that the restrictive lung disease conditionwas a residual condition resulting from the unfitting rhabdomyolysis condition. It was determined that he was non-deployable and an MEB indicated. RECOMMENDATION : The Board, therefore, recommends that there be no re-characterization of the CI’s...
AF | PDBR | CY2011 | PD2011-00761
The VA separately coded and rated the cervical and thoracolumbar spine conditions at 20% each based on the VA exam which indicated much decreased ROMs of the spine. The MEB and PEB coded the CI’s chest pain as due to the CI’s spine condition. ); and an unfitting chest pain condition, coded 5399-5321 and rated 10% (IAW VASRD §4.73).