VA – Service Treatment Record (STR) | |||||||
Code | Rating | Condition | Code | Rating | Exam | ||
Chronic Back Pain | 5299-5237 | 10% | Mechanical Low Back Pain | 5237 | 20% | STR | |
Chronic Neck Pain | Not Unfitting | Chronic Neck Pain | NSC | STR | |||
Mild Persistent Asthma | Not Unfitting | Asthma | NSC | STR | |||
Other x 16 | |||||||
Combined Rating: 40% |
Thoracolumbar ROM
(degrees) |
MEB ~
16 wks
. Pre-Sep |
Flexion (90 Normal) | 20/35 |
Extension (30) | 15/25 |
R Lat Flexion (30) | 40/55 |
L Lat Flexion (30) | 35/50 |
R Rotation (30) | 55/60 |
L Rotation (30) | 70/70 |
Combined (240) | 155/180 |
Comment | (see text above) |
UNFITTING CONDITION | VASRD CODE | RATING |
Chronic back pain, without neurologic abnormality | 5299-5237 | 20% |
RATING | 20% |
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-02152
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. There is an addendum to the NARSUM dated 13 July 2004 (7 months prior to separation) which documents constant pain rated 3-10/10 with radicular symptoms “left greater than right” and “exacerbated by prolonged sitting and standing.” The exam documents a normal gait and...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01470
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AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01522
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AF | PDBR | CY2010 | PD2010-01218
CI CONTENTION : The CI states: “Was rated at 10% for back, 10% for ankles, 0% for migraines, and nothing for heart attack with stent and asthma. After due deliberation, considering all of the evidence and mindful of VASRD §4.3 (reasonable doubt), the Board recommends a 10% Service disability rating for the right ankle condition, coded 5299-5262; and, a 0% Service disability rating for the left ankle condition, coded 5299-5271. In the matter of the bilateral ankle condition the Board...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-02578
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AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD 2013 01136
It is also noted that the 30 degrees flexion from the NARSUM is incongruent with the recorded ROM in other planes, and would expected to be associated with other exam findings not noted (spasm, guarding, and abnormal contour).Finally, the imprecise language used by the NARSUM examiner in describing his ROM measurements must be considered somewhat of a probative value detractor with regard to VASRD §4.46 (accurate measurement).After protracted deliberation in consideration of all of these...
AF | PDBR | CY2010 | PD2010-01227
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AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01892
Any conditions or contention not requested in this application, or otherwise outside the Board’s defined scope of review, remain eligible for future consideration by the Board for Correction of Military Records.The Board acknowledges the CI’s information regarding the worsening impairment with which her service-connected condition burdens her; but, must emphasize that the Disability Evaluation System has neither the role nor the authority to compensate members for anticipated future severity...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-01755
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AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 01802
The PEB adjudicated asthma and chronic LBPconditionsas unfitting, rated10% and 0%, with application of the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD) and AR 635-50 respectively.The remaining conditions (OSA, benign prostatic hypertrophy, patellofemoral syndrome (PFS), posttraumatic stress disorder(PTSD) and congestive heart failure) were determined to be not unfitting.The CI made no appeals and was medically separatedwith a 10% combined disability rating. The PEB designated...