VA* - (~5 Mos. Post-Separation) | |||||||
Code | Rating | Condition | Code | Rating | Exam | ||
Left Sided Cubital Tunnel Syndrome due to Ulnar Nerve Injury | 8516 | 20% | Fracture, Left Distal Radius and Ulnar Styloid, Post Operative, Major | 5211 | 10% | 20041221 | |
Tender Scar, Left Elbow associated with Left Ulnar Neuropathy, Post Release, Major | 7804 | 10% | 20041221 | ||||
Left Ulnar Neuropathy, Post Release, Major | 8515 | 10% | 20041221 | ||||
Other x 14 | |||||||
RATING: 50% |
VASRD CODE | RATING | ||
Left Ulnar Nerve Injury | 8516 | 30% | |
30% |
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD2013 01060
The MEB narrative summary (NARSUM) accomplished 2 months prior to separation documented continued numbness in the ring and small fingers of his left hand as well as the posterior aspect of his forearm along with left elbow pain and stiffness. Physical Disability Board of Review SUBJECT: Department of Defense Physical Disability Board of Review Recommendation
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012-00145
“Marked lack of endurance and mild lack of coordination with marked restriction of repetitive use of the left elbow and hand.” 10% (VA rated 20%) 10% (VA rated 20%) 10% (VA rated 20%) 10% (VA rated 30%) The PEB applied a 20% for left elbow pain coded as 5099-5003-8616. The PEB combined elbow pain, ulnar radiculopathy, and traumatic arthritis as a single unfitting condition, coded analogously to 5003 and 8616 and rated 20%. RECOMMENDATION: The Board, therefore, recommends that there be no...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01362
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. RECOMMENDATION : The Board, therefore, recommends that there be no re-characterization of the CI’s disability and separation determination. Accordingly, the Board recommended no re-characterization or modification of your separation.I have carefully reviewed the...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00154
Unfitting ConditionsCodeRatingDateConditionCodeRatingExamEffectiveResiduals of a Left Elbow Injury500310%Residual, Left Elbow Comminuted Avulsion Fracture of the Olecranon with Degenerative Arthritis (Claimed as Left Elbow and Left Arm Conditions)5003-520550%2007040320070124Left elbow degenerative joint disease (PEB)FIT---Ulnar Nerve Neuropathy With Chronic Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Left Elbow (Claimed as Left Hand Condition, 4th and 5th Digits) Associated with Residual, Left Elbow...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 01213
No other conditions were submitted by the MEB.ThePEBadjudicated left elbow pain with a history of left CTS and ulnar nerve decompression in March 2003 as unfitting, rated 10%citing criteria of the US Army Physical Disability Agency (USAPDA) pain policyand Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD).The remaining condition was determined to be not unfitting.The CI made no appeals and was medically separatedwith thatdisability rating. Other x 720040304 Combined: 10% Derived from...
AF | PDBR | CY2011 | PD2011-00786
The Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) adjudicated the chronic left shoulder pain and left elbow cubital tunnel syndrome with chronic left elbow pain conditions as unfitting, rated 10% and 10%, with application of the Veteran’s Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD). Left Shoulder Condition . Although the ROM measurements on the VA C&P examination would support a combined 40% disability rating with 20% each for limitation of flexion and extension of the elbow, no limitation of...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 01628
He was issued a permanent U3 profile andreferred for a Medical Evaluation Board (MEB).The MEB forwarded no other conditions for Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) adjudication.The PEB adjudicated the left shoulder and left cubital tunnel conditions as unfitting, rated 10% and 10%, with application of the US Army Physical Disability Agency (USAPDA) pain policy.The CI made no appeals and was medically separated with a combined 20% disability rating. The ROM was noted as painful. The examiner...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-02270
Both nerve ratings (median and ulna) under incomplete paralysis are equivalent for the “mild” (10%; independent of hand-dominance) and “moderate”(20% non-dominant and 30% dominant hand)severity levels.The Board considered if another VASRD-compliant bilateral code was applicable, or if the unfitting left arm and unfitting right arm conditions rated separately would better depicted the CI’s disability condition IAW VASRD §4.7 (higher of two evaluations).All evidence considered there is no...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 00323
The PEB adjudicated the right CTS, and the chronic pain, neck and right kneeconditions as two unfitting conditions, rated 10% and 10%, with application of the Veteran’s Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD),and the US Army Physical Disability Agency (USAPDA) pain policy.The remaining conditions were determined to be not unfitting.The CI made no appeals and was medically separated with a 20% disability rating. Results of this EMG recorded mild bilateral CTS, chronic on left and...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-02449
RATING COMPARISON : IPEB - Dated 20051107VA* -Service Treatment Records(STR)ConditionCodeRatingConditionCodeRatingExam Right (Dominant) Ulnar Nerve Injury with Persistent Loss of Sensation and Painful Numbness and Tingling in Ulnar Distribution8699-861610%Right Ulnar Nerve Injury with Loss of Sensation and Painful Numbness and Tingling in Ulnar Distribution (Claimed as Right Arm, Idiopathic Peripheral Neuropathy)851610%STRConditions x 2 (Not In Scope)Other x 5 RATING: 10%RATING: 50% *Derived...