VA* 1 month Post-Separation | |||||||
Code | Rating | Condition | Code | Rating | Exam | ||
Chronic Low back Pain | 5237 | 0% | Lumbar Spine Degenerative Disc Disease | 5242 | 20% | 20070515 | |
PTSD | Not Unfitting | PTSD, also claimed as Insomnia |
9411 | 10% | 20070613 | ||
Hypertension | Not Unfitting | Hypertension | 7101 | 0% | 20070515 | ||
Insomnia (related to PTSD) | Not Unfitting | Subsumed under PTSD rating above | |||||
Other x 2 | |||||||
RATING: 40% |
CONDITION | VASRD CODE | RATING |
Chronic Low Back Pain | 5237 | 20% |
COMBINED | 20% |
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD-2012-00062
Treatment records document relief of headaches with medication. RECOMMENDATION: The Board, therefore, recommends that there be no re-characterization of the CIs disability and separation determination, as follows: UNFITTING CONDITION VASRD CODE RATING Intervertebral Disc Syndrome 5243 10% COMBINED 10% The following documentary evidence was considered: Exhibit A. DD Form 294, dated 20120118, w/atchs Exhibit B. Service Treatment Record Exhibit C. Department of Veterans Affairs Treatment...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-01855
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 PEB rated the chronic neck pain 0%, coded 5237 (cervical strain) and the VA rated it 20%.The Board considered that the CI was noted to have painful, mildly limited cervical ROM without noted muscle spasm at the MEB...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-01000
The Board gives consideration to VA evidence, particularly within 12 months of separation, but only to the extent that it reasonably reflects the severity of the disability at the time of separation.In addition, the Secretary of Defense Mental Health Review Terms of Reference directed a comprehensive review of Service members with certain mental health (MH) conditions referred to a disability evaluation process between 11 September 2001 and 30 April 2012 that were changed or eliminated...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-00893
The “lumbago” condition was forwarded to the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) IAW AR 40-501.No other conditionsweresubmitted by the MEB.The Informal PEB adjudicated “degenerative disc syndrome”as unfitting, rated 10%,citing application of the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD). 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...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-02304
The physical therapy MEB ROM examination on 12 April 2006, is recorded in the chart. At the VA Compensation and Pension (C&P) examination performed on 7 December 2006, 2 months after separation, the CI reported continued activity limiting low back pain with radiation to the right leg without weakness. The limitation of motion documented in the MEB examinations and the VA C&P examination proximate to separation support a 20% rating under the VASRD General Rating Formula for Diseases and...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD 2014 00470
No other conditions were submitted by the MEB.The Informal PEB adjudicated “chronic low back pain due to back injury with findings of a disc protrusion at L5/S1” as unfitting, rated at 10%with likely application of Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD).The CI made no appeals and was medically separated. RATING COMPARISON : Service IPEB – Dated 20060421VA -(3 Days Pre-Separation)ConditionCodeRatingConditionCodeRatingExam Chronic LBP w/ disc protrusion at L5/S1523710%L5/S1...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01857
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. The PEB rating is utilized IAW VASRD §4.7 (higher of two ratings) and, regardless, a rating lower than that of the PEB is not recommended by the Board. RECOMMENDATION : The Board, therefore, recommends that there be...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD 2014 00269
The back condition, characterized as “low back sprain”, was forwarded to the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) IAW AR 40-501; no other conditions were submitted by the MEB.The PEB adjudicated “chronic low back pain…” as unfitting, rated 0%with possible application of the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD).The CI made no appeals and was medically separated. Any conditions or contention not requested in this application or otherwise outside the Board’s defined scope of...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012-00220
The MEB forwarded low back pain secondary to herniated L4-5 Disk on DA Form 3947 to the Informal Physical Evaluation Board (IPEB). Chronic LBP Condition . In the matter of the chronic LBP condition, the Board unanimously recommends a disability rating of 20%, coded 5237 IAW VASRD §4.71a.
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-02730
Post-Separation) ConditionCodeRatingConditionCodeRatingExam Chronic Low Back Pain523710%Strain, Thoracolumbar Spine523710%20070521Other x0 (Not in Scope)Other x 6(Not in Scope)20070521 Combined: 10%Combined:50%Derived from VA Rating Decision (VARD)dated 20070618 ( most proximate to date of separation) Chronic LBP Condition . Physical therapy ROM was TL flexion of 50 degrees (normal 90 degrees) and TL combined ROM of 152 degrees (normal 240 degrees) with ROM noted to be limited by pain.At...