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Code | Rating | Condition | Code | Rating | Exam | ||
Chronic Neck pain, Cervical | 5299-5237 | 10% | DDD of Cervical Pain w/ HA and Sleep Disturbances | 5010-5242 | 10% | 20090514 | |
Right Foot Pain | 5299-5284 | 10% | Residuals of Sesamoid Fracture of the Right Foot | 5299-5284 | 0% | 20090514 | |
Other x 11 | 20090514 | ||||||
Combined: 70%* |
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD-2012-00699
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 Army Board for Correction of Military Records. The PEB rated the condition 10% citing neck pain without radiculopathy, analogous to 5295 lumbosacral strain with characteristic pain on motion. Under the VASRD rules in effect at time of separation, with minimal tenderness, normal ROM of cervical spine, no radiculopathy, and...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 01622
It is limited to those conditions determined by the PEB to be unfitting for continued military service and those conditions identified but not determined to be unfitting by the PEB when specifically requested by the CI. The rating for the unfitting back, neck and bilateral foot pain conditions are addressed below;no additional conditions are within the DoDI 6040.44 defined purview of the Board. In the matter of the bilateral foot pain condition and IAW VASRD §4.71a, the Board unanimously...
AF | PDBR | CY2011 | PD2011-00926
The Board considered if the trapezius myofascial pain was a separately unfitting condition. The Board considered if the bilateral plantar fasciitis condition was a separately unfitting condition. The Board unanimously determined the bilateral plantar fasciitis was unfitting and recommended, by a vote of 2:1, that the right and left foot plantar fasciitis be separately rated at 10% and coded 5284 IAW VASRD §4.71a.
AF | PDBR | CY2011 | PD2011-00961
The second Reconsideration PEB adjudicated the bilateral plantar fasciitis as unfitting, rating it 20%, with application of the Veteran’s Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD). If this is the case, please review, in addition to the 20% rating given for my feet, the conditions the Army PEB determined to be fitting for military service, namely by [ sic ] migraine headaches, back pain, and hip pain. The ratings for the unfitting bilateral plantar fasciitis condition will be...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-02715
No other conditions were submitted by the MEB.The Informal PEB adjudicated “chronic neck pain due to degenerative disc disease without neurosensory deficit”as unfitting, rated 10%,with likely application VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD). Pre-Separation) ConditionCodeRatingConditionCodeRatingExam Chronic Neck Pain due to Degenerative Disc Disease5299-523710%Cervical Spine Degenerative Disc Disease w/ Lt Arm Radiculopathy524210%20061106Chronic Cervical Neuritis LUE …Not...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012-00991
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS PHYSICAL DISABILITY BOARD OF REVIEW BRANCH OF SERVICE: ARMY SEPARATION DATE: 20030930 NAME: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX CASE NUMBER: PD1200991 BOARD DATE: 20130116 SUMMARY OF CASE: Data extracted from the available evidence of record reflects that this covered individual (CI) was a Reserve SFC/E‐4 (95B40/Military Police), medically separated for chronic low back pain (LBP) and post‐traumatic arthrosis, right ankle. Any conditions or contention not requested in this application, or...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01911
The VA rated under a peripheral nerve code 8520 (sciatic nerve) at 40% (moderately severe) citing pain and numbness to both extremities; in addition to lumbar disc protrusion for 10% under code 5242 (degenerative arthritis).Board members first agreed that sufficient evidence of painful motion was present to justify the rating of 10%, as well as the presence of localized tenderness not resulting in abnormal gait or spinal contour IAW §4.59 and §4.71a.Next, members acknowledged the ROM values...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD 2012 01382
ROM limitation after repetitive use charted above§4.71a Rating20%20%40%* Later VA exams documented similarly limited forward flexion ROMs (June 2011 at 28 degrees [30]; June 2012 at 25).The Board directs attention to its rating recommendationbased on the above evidence.The CI underwent a lumbar discectomy of L5-S1 on the left approximately 7 weeks prior to discharge, which was less than 3 weeks after his PEB determination. Pain was rated as 0/10. RECOMMENDATION : The Board recommends that...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD 2012 00979
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS PHYSICAL DISABILITY BOARD OF REVIEW NAME: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX BRANCH OF SERVICE: ARMY CASE NUMBER: PD1200979 SEPARATION DATE: 20020802 BOARD DATE: 20130222 SUMMARY OF CASE: Data extracted from the available evidence of record reflects that this covered individual (CI) was an active duty SGT/E-5 (12B20/Combat Engineer), medically separated for mechanical non-radicular mid low back pain (LBP). The Boards role is confined to the review of medical records and all evidence at...
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...