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Code | Rating | Condition | Code | Rating | Exam | ||
Chronic Right Knee Pain | 5099-5003 | 10% | Chronic Right Knee Bursitis | 5019 | 10% | 20090324 | |
Other x 2 | |||||||
Combined: 10% |
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD 2012 01851
SEPARATION DATE: 20030731 At the VA Compensation and Pension (C&P) exam (a month prior to separation), the CI was walking with a brace and had a limp of the right leg. The Board determined that potential codes for the right knee condition could include 5014 (Osteomalacia) or 5024 (Tenosynovitis), but that these would be rated under the same criteria as either code 5003 or 5019 under §4.71a at 10%.The Board considered whether a higher combined rating might be indicated under any other codes...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-02776
The chronic right knee pain condition, characterized as “right knee mild cartilaginous partial thickness defect in the lateral facet of the patella” was forwarded to the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) IAW AR 40-501.The MEB also identified and forwarded one other condition.The informal PEB adjudicated “chronic right knee pain”as unfitting, rated 0%,with likely application of the US Army Physical Disability Agency (USAPDA) pain policy.The remaining conditions were determined to be not...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01417
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. During repair, the operative report identified Grade 1 chondromalacia (arthritis) with synovitis, and normal medial and lateral menisci.Despite rehabilitation, the CI continued to have knee pain and effusions (swelling...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD2013 02438
Right Ankle Condition . Right Knee Condition . Physical Disability Board of Review
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01924
I was just rated for knee and two knee surgeries. RATING COMPARISON : IPEB – Dated 20050810VA* -Based on Service Treatment Records(STR)ConditionCodeRatingConditionCodeRatingExam Chronic Left Knee Pain…5099-500320%Osteoarthritis, Left Knee, Status Post Two ArthroscopicSurgeries501010%STROther x 0 (Not In Scope)Other x 1 RATING: 20%RATING: 10% *Derived from VA Rating Decision (VARD)dated 20060628(most proximate to date of separation (DOS)). BOARD FINDINGS : IAW DoDI 6040.44, provisions of...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01797
Right Knee Pain Condition . The right knee demonstrated normal strength and full ROM (0-0-132degrees) without tenderness, swelling, erythema, warmth, deformity or ligamentous laxity. The right knee ROM reported at the MEB examination and in the service treatment records in the months prior to separation, consistently documented near normal ROM.
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01895
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. Post-Separation)ConditionCodeRatingConditionCodeRatingExam Chronic Bilateral Knee Pain5099-500310%Retropatellar Pain Syndrome with Chondromalacia, Right Knee5099-501410%20040802Retropatellar Pain Syndrome with...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-02134
Left Knee Condition . (Normal: 140 and 0 degrees).On an orthopedic exam on 7 May 2001, surgical incisions were well healed and the knee had no lateral instability (varus/valgus) but mild “laxity” at the ACL repair site (1A Lachman test).At the MEB/NARSUM evaluationon 25 June 2001, 4 months prior to separation, the CI reported a continued inability to walk or run without knee pain. Mild anterior laxity was again noted (1A Lachman test).ROM results are in the chart below.On the DD Form 2808...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01299
Post-Separation)ConditionCodeRatingConditionCodeRatingExam Chronic Bilateral Knee Pain due to Chondromalacia5099-500320%Chondromalacia Patella L Knee526120%20050311Chondromalacia Patella, R Knee526120%20050311Other X 0 (Not in Scope)Other x020050314 Combined: 20%Combined: 40%Derived from VA Rating Decision (VARD) dated 20050412 (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...
AF | PDBR | CY2010 | PD2010-00017
The PEB adjudicated the left patellofemoral arthritis condition as unfitting, rated 10%; additionally left open patella fracture condition was considered category II, a related condition that is not separately unfitting; with application of SECNAVINST 1850.4E respectively. Service Treatment Record In accordance with reference (a), I have reviewed the cases forwarded by reference (b), and, for the reasons provided in their forwarding memorandum, approve the recommendations of the PDBR the...