VA - (3 Mos. Post-Separation) | |||||||
Code | Rating | Condition | Code | Rating | Exam | ||
Chronic Low Back Pain | 5237 | 10% | Chronic Low Back Strain | 5237 | 10% | 20070814 | |
Chronic Right Hip Pain… | 5099-5003 | 10% | Residuals Stress Fracture Rt Hip | 5253 | 20% | 20070814 | |
Other x 0 | |||||||
Combined: 30% |
Right Hip (Thigh) ROM (Degrees) |
MEB ~ 3 Mo. Pre-Sep |
VA C&P ~ 3 Mo. Post-Sep |
Flexion (125 Normal) | No limitation of movement | 95 (72 on repetition, passive 98) |
Extension (20) | 10 (8 on repetition; passive 14) | |
External Rotation (45) | 25 (18 on repetition; passive 31) | |
Abduction (0-45) | 15 (09 on repetition; passive 18) | |
Adduction (45) | 10 (10 on repetition; passive 08) | |
Comment | Painful motion | ROMs decline w/ repetition |
§4.71a Rating | 10 % | 10 % |
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-01976
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. A permanent L3 physical profile dated 11 June 2007 was issued for the “Healed R foot stress fracture.” He “had stress changes of the R foot 3 rd & 4 th Metatarsals noted on 7March 2007. BOARD FINDINGS : IAW DoDI...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-01154
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. Examination noted normal lumbar spine ROM with pain and normal bilateral hip ROM.An orthopedic evaluation on 27 March 2009, 5 months prior to separation, noted a 16-month history of pelvic pain following pregnancy. At...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-01777
The gait and neurological examination were normal.The Board considered if the neck was separately unfitting. Back Pain . The gait and neurological examination were normal.The Board considered if the back was separately unfitting.
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-02348
He was evaluated in the pain clinic on 14 January 2008 and noted to have a normal neurological examination and no significant difficulty with back flexion and extension. At the MEB examination on 13June 2008, the CI reported persistent LBP and numbness of the left leg. DoD Physical Disability Board of Review
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-00568
Pre-Separation) ConditionCodeRatingConditionCodeRatingExam Chronic Lt Hip Pain5099-500310%S/P Left Hip Fracture5299-52530%20070207Chronic Low Back Pain52370%DDD, Lumbar Spine52420%20070207Other x 0 (Not In Scope) Combined: 0%Combined: 10%Derived from VA Rating Decision (VARD) dated 20070718 (most proximate to date of separation)Rating for the left hip condition was changed to 10% in a 20091009 VARD with an effective date of 20070519 Left Hip Condition . The Board unanimously agreed the...
AF | PDBR | CY2011 | PD2011-00395
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 MEB physical exam was performed on 30 September 2002, over five months prior to separation. The Board noted the physical therapy ROM results and considered whether a higher rating was supported by rating under diagnostic code 5292, limitation of motion...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD2013 00662
The hip was not separately examined. Pre-SepFlexion (90 Normal) 60 90 (95) Combined (240)--- 240 Comment §4.71a Rating 20% 0%The Board first considered if the back pain was a separately unfitting condition. 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...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-02762
These were considered together as right and left lower leg conditions for determination of fitness. The Board agreed the left hip condition was mild.The records noted periods of both hip pain and no hip pain.Routine X-rays, bone scans of the hips revealed no pathology. The Board noted the report of the CI at the time of the NARSUM thatleft hip pain “radiated from the back.”After due deliberation, considering all of the evidence, the Board agreed that there was no preponderance of evidence...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD-2012-00390
She reported that Coccydynia Condition. The Board noted that the final PMR examination, a week prior to separation, documented that the right hip was pain free (over 2 weeks after an injection) and that the left hip had minimal pain rated at 3 out of 10. At the C&P examination performed specifically for the coccyx on 29 April 2009, over a year after separation, the CI reported continued pain and had reduced and painful ROM on examination.
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-00417
The Board’s assessment of the PEB rating determinations is confined to review of medical records and all available evidence for application of the VASRD standards to the unfitting medical condition at the time of separation. The VA rated the L3 fracture 40% based on the limitation of thoracolumbar motion at the time of the post-separation VA C&P examination and 10% for pelvic fracture based on report of right hip pain at the C&P examination.Service treatment records prior to separation...