VA - Based on Service Treatment Records (STR) | |||||||
Code | Rating | Condition | Code | Rating | Exam | ||
Congenital Malformation | 5238 | 20%* | Cervical Spondylosis w/DDD and Findings of Congenital Intervertebral Malformation at C1-2 | 5240 | 0%** | STR | |
Intervertebral Disk Disorder with Myelopathy | Category 2 | ||||||
Nerve Root and Plexus Disorder w/Cervical Radiculopathy | Category 2 | Nerve Root and Plexus Disorder, Upper Extremities | 8699-8617 | NSC | STR | ||
Residual Scarring from Suboccipital Craniectomy and Partial Hemilaminectomy of C1 | 7805 | 0% | STR | ||||
Other x 5 | |||||||
Combined: 0% |
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD 2012 01637
The InformalPEBadjudicated “C4-5 herniated nucleus pulposus and C6-C7 bulge with early myelopathy, status post foraminotomy, Aug 2000,” as unfitting, rated at 10%,with application of the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD).The CI non-concurred with the IPEB findings/recommendations, and requested Formal PEB (FPEB), who re-adjudicated the CI’s neck condition increasing the rating from 10% to 20%.The CI non-concurred with the FPEB findings/recommendations further appealed to the Air...
AF | PDBR | CY2011 | PD2011-00692
The CI’s enlistment exam, performed 26 months prior to separation, reported one-level cervical fusion (C2-3), with “no sequelae.” ROMs were painless, and were full in all directions except rotation, with a combined ROM of 300⁰ (normal 340⁰). All evidence considered, there is not reasonable doubt in the CI’s favor supporting addition of any upper extremity radiculopathy (peripheral nerve) as an unfitting condition for separation rating. Service Treatment Record
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-00909
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 Board next considered if there was evidence of a functionally impairing radiculopathy due to the low back condition to provide additional rating. The Board considered the evidence in record supports thatthe CI’s...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00419
The CI had symptoms of myelopathy in all four extremities. At this time the CI had symptoms of right upper extremity radiculopathy. The diagnoses in his finding of unfitness were cervical spondylotic myelopathy status post spinal fusion C3-6, rather than cervical spondylosis status post spinal fusion, VASRD code 5241, rated at 20%; right (dominant) upper extremity motor and sensory radiculopathy associated with cervical spondylotic myelopathy status post spinal fusion C3-6, VASRD code...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-02307
Rated at 0% for pain. Even though the PEB’s analogous coding and rating of 20% under VASRD application of the Diseases of the Peripheral Nerves is equivalent to the same rating if it was coded under 4.71a ROM impairment, the Board still considered whether a separate and additional rating could be recommended under a peripheral nerve code, as conferred by the VA, for the residual upper extremity radiculopathy at separation. Additionally, the knee condition was not specifically implicated in...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012-00343
The MEB forwarded only one condition; “Cervical spondylosis and multilevel degenerative disk disease with previous radicular and myelopathic signs.” The Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) adjudicated the chronic radiating neck and shoulder pain condition as unfitting, rated 0% with application of the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD). The Board evaluates DVA evidence proximal to separation in arriving at its recommendations, but its authority resides in evaluating the...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00071
ROMs were pain limited to Cervical: 30˚/190˚, and Thoracolumbar 30˚/140˚. Although Physical Evaluation Board findings showed that your chronic cervical and thoracic pain was secondary to myofascial pain syndrome, VA finding showed instability of the cervical spine with limited range of motion, and chronic sprain, with scoliosis thoracolumbar spine, with limited range of motion which warrant the higher evaluation. The Cervical spine condition rating of 5021-5237 at 20% for forward flexion...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-00577
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. Electrodiagnostic studies (electromyogram and nerve conduction velocity testing) demonstrated a right ulnar nerve neuropathy (at the elbow) but no evidence of any cervical spinal nerve root radiculopathy.At the MEB...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01535
It is limited to those conditions determined by the PEB to be unfitting for continued military service and when specifically requested by the CI, those conditions identified by the PEB, but determined to be not unfitting. The Board’s assessment of the PEB rating determinations is confined to review of medical records and all available evidence for application of theVASRD standards to the unfitting medical condition at the time of separation. After due deliberation in consideration of the...
AF | PDBR | CY2011 | PD2011-00805
The PEB adjudicated the right upper extremity weakness and pain condition as unfitting, rated 20% with application of DoDI 1332.39 and Veterans Administration Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD). Strength was normal in both upper extremities, and was symmetric bilaterally. Board members agreed that the evidence clearly supported the VA’s approach to rating the condition and that the preponderance of evidence indicated that the radiating pain symptoms did not warrant a separate...