VA - (2 Mos. Post-Separation | |||||||
Code | Rating | Condition | Code | Rating | Exam | ||
DDD w/ Disk Bulge | 5299-5242 | 20% | DDD, Lumbosacral Spine | 5010-5237 | 10% | 20080514 | |
Bilateral Patellofemoral Syndrome | 5099-5003 | 0% | Right Patellofemoral Syndrome | 5260 | 0% | 20080514 | |
Left Patellofemoral Syndrome | 5261-5260 | 0% | 20080514 | ||||
Allergic Rhinitis | Not Unfitting | Not Service Connected | |||||
Depression | Not Unfitting | Adjustment d/o with Depressed Mood | 9440 | 30% | 20080503 | ||
Other x5 | 20080514 | ||||||
Combined: 40% |
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01966
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. Post-Separation) ConditionCodeRatingConditionCodeRatingExam Chronic Neck Pain with Radiating Shoulder Pain523710%Degenerative Disc Disease, Cervical Spine5242-500310%20060320Radiculopathy, Right Upper...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-01014
The Informal PEB adjudicated “chronic low back pain”as unfitting, rated 10% citing application of the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD).The remaining condition was determined to be not unfitting.The CI made no appeals and was medically separated. 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....
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 | CY2013 | PD 2013 00582
A new MEB was done and identified and forwarded generalized anxiety disorder and alcoholdependence as medically acceptable.The Informal PEBadjudicated chronic bilateral knee pain, chronic back pain, due to DDD, without neurologic abnormality and sensorineural hearing loss as unfitting, rated 10%, 10%, and 0%respectively, citing the US Army Physical Disability Agency (USAPDA) pain policyand the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD).The remaining conditions were determined to be not...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-02542
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. The VA coded the knees separately at 5260, leg, limitation of flexion and assigned a disability rating of 10% for each knee. Providing a correction to the individual’s separation document showing that the individual...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD 2012 00887
Post-Separation) All Effective Date 20060409 Condition Code Rating Condition Code Rating Exam Chronic LBP 5299-5242 0% DDD Lumbosacral Spine 5243 40% 20070122 Chronic Bilateral Knee Pain 5099-5003 0% S/P Arthroscopic Repair of Medial Meniscal Tear Right Knee w/ Traumatic DJD 5260-5010 10% 20070124 Left Knee Injury 5260 NSC* 20070122 No Additional MEB/PEB Entries Other x 13 20070122 Combined: 0% Combined: 70% Derived from VA Rating Decision 20070308 (most proximate from the date of...
AF | PDBR | CY2011 | PD2011-00964
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 sciatic neuritis, lumbar disk disease, and bilateral knee...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD2013 00769
No other conditions were submitted by the MEB.The Informal PEB adjudicated the lumbar, mood disorder and bilateral knee conditions as unfitting: the lumbar spine rated 10%, citing criteria of the US Army Physical Disability Agency (USAPDA) pain policy and the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD); the mood disorder rated 10%, citing criteria of DoDI 1332.39 (E2.A1.5); and, the bilateral knee conditions rated 0% with presumptive application of AR 635-40 (B.24.f) and the USAPDA pain...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 01028
Post-Separation) ConditionCodeRatingConditionCodeRatingExam Low Back Pain Secondary To Idiopathic Scoliosis (EPTS), Permanently Service Aggravated529510%Idiopathic Scoliosis With Upper And Lower Back Strain NSC20030204Bilateral Knee Pain Due To PatelloFemoral Pain Syndrome5099-50030%Right Knee Patellofemoral Pain SyndromeNSC20030204Left Knee Patellofemoral Pain SyndromeNSC20030204No Additional Unfitting conditionsOther x 120030204 Combined: 10% Combined: 0% Derived from VA Rating Decision...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-02055
At an Orthopedic follow-up visit 7 March 2007 the CI reported bilateral anterior knee pain and the exam noted patellofemoral tenderness with full motion of both knees, without effusion or instability. In the matter of the bilateral knee condition the Board recommends disability rating as follows: an unfitting right knee condition, rated 10% and an unfitting left knee condition rated 0% both coded 5299-5260 IAW VASRD §4.71a.In the matter of the contended anxiety disorder condition, the Board...