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Code | Rating | Condition | Code | Rating | Exam | ||
Chronic Low Back Pain | 5299-5243 | 10% | Lumbar Spondylosis with Mild Facet Degenerative Joint Disease… | 5243 | 10% | 20091029 | |
Bilateral Anterior Pelvic Pain | 5299-5236 | 10% | Osteitis Pubis | 5236 | 10% | 20091029 | |
Other x 14 | |||||||
Combined: 70% |
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00678
Antalgic gait; Neurostimulator in place§4.71a Rating10%20%20%20%The MEB exam on 18 October 2006, four months prior to separation, indicated the CI had an antalgic gait, positive SLR, and subjective numbness to the left groin. Although the VA exam did not document antalgic gait, it met the ROM criteria for a 20% evaluation and the Board could not reasonably consider different portions of different exams for a less favorable rating. In the matter of the GERD condition, or any other medical...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-00329
Post-Separation) ConditionCodeRatingConditionCodeRatingExam Persistent Back Pain…Fractured Pelvis (Healed)523710%S/P Healed Fractures of the Sacrum and Right Inferior Pubis Ramus5299-523610%20060606Post-Traumatic DDD of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine w/Chronic Thoracolumbar Strain524210%20060606Other x 0 (Not in Scope)Other x 9 Rating: 10%Combined: 40%Derived from VA Rating Decision (VARD)dated 20060818 ( most proximate to date of separation [DOS]). Back Pain With Healed Pelvic Fracture . ...
AF | PDBR | CY2011 | PD2011-00397
These other conditions include left ilioinguinal strain (claimed as left hip pain), meralgia paresthetica, lumbar radiculopathy, synovial herniated pit (left) as documented by VA, and other sources, as well as pubic synthesis dysfunction, lumbargo, symptoms of all began during Basic, AIT, yet ignored, never diagnosed, or fully examined, just discharged from Army. Left Hip Condition . The Board does not have the authority under DoDI 6040.44 to render fitness or rating recommendations for...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-00417
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. The VA rated the L3 fracture 40% based on the limitation of thoracolumbar motion at the time of the post-separation VA C&P examination and 10% for pelvic fracture based on report of right hip pain at the C&P examination.Service treatment records prior to separation...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01475
“Recurrent thoracic back pain attributed to moderate (12 degree) scoliosis, apreexisting developmental abnormality” was determined to be unfitting but unratable due toexisted prior to service(EPTS) without permanent service aggravation.The CI made no appeals and was medically separated. The examination was normal and X-rays showed mild scoliosis.According to the CI on her application, the pain was treated successfully after separation by chiropractic and injections.The Board directedits...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD-2012-00390
She reported that Coccydynia Condition. The Board noted that the final PMR examination, a week prior to separation, documented that the right hip was pain free (over 2 weeks after an injection) and that the left hip had minimal pain rated at 3 out of 10. At the C&P examination performed specifically for the coccyx on 29 April 2009, over a year after separation, the CI reported continued pain and had reduced and painful ROM on examination.
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-01698
Post-Separation)ConditionCodeRatingConditionCodeRatingExam Right Inferior Pubic Ramus Stress Fracture5099-50030%Residuals, Right Pelvis Stress Fracture w/ Lumbosacral Strain5299-523620%20050811Other x 0 (Not in Scope)Other x 020050811 Rating: 0%Rating: 20% *Derived from VA Rating Decision (VARD) dated 20050920 (most proximate to date of separation (DOS)) ANALYSIS SUMMARY :IAW DoDI 6040.44, the Board’s authority is limited to making recommendations on correcting disability determinations. ...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-02128
On exam there was TTP of the neck with negative testing for nervecompression (Spurling’s), with normal ROM and normal bilateral UE examination.At the MEB examination on 21 October 2004, 6 months prior to separation, the CI reported chronic neck pain without radicular symptoms. The NARSUM notes the CI had a history of hip pain (trochanteric bursitis), with normal bilateral hip X-rays.Notes in the STR indicated that in April 2000 the CI reported 5 weeks of right hip pain. At the MEB...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-02381
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. At the time of separation, the CI’s right hip condition was not compensable above the 10% level based on the evidence present for review. BOARD FINDINGS : IAW DoDI 6040.44, provisions of DoD or Military Department...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-00919
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. Hip X-rays were reported as “within normal.” According to the NARSUM the CI did not have PT for the back pain, but she had been treated with multiple medications including anti-inflammatory medication, pain...