VA* - (~3 Mos. Post-Separation) | |||||||
Code | Rating | Condition | Code | Rating | Exam | ||
Lumbosacral Strain | 5237 | 10% | Lumbosacral Strain With Sleep Disturbance | 5237 | 10% | 20080505 | |
Hypertension | Not Unfitting | Hypertension | 7101 | 0% | 20080505 | ||
Other x 7 | |||||||
RATING: 10% |
Thoracolumbar ROM (Degrees) |
PT ~ 7 Mo. Pre-Sep | MEB ~ 4 Mo. Pre-Sep | VA C&P ~ 3 Mo. Post-Sep |
Flexion (90 Normal) | 90 | 80 | 90 |
Combined (240) | 240 | 205 | 190 |
Comment | Painless motion, no spasm | Painful motion | Nml gait. Painful motion |
§4.71a Rating | 0 % | 10 % | 10 % |
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-02240
Low Back and Left Leg Pain Condition. Despite additional treatment the CI continued to report primarily back pain with some numbness/tingling to the left thigh area, but was noted to have good strength, sensation and reflexes.A repeat myelogram did not indicate any further nerve compression and no further surgical intervention was recommended.At the MEB examination performed on 9 March 2005, approximately 4 months prior to separation, the CI reported chronic pain increased by activity and...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-00115
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. Under this code, a rating of 20% requires the condition to be “moderate.”The Board noted the significant improvement in ROM findings between the NARSUM and C&P evaluations and presumed this to be related to...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-01694
The Board’s assessment of the PEB rating determinations is confined to review of medical records and all available evidence for application of theVASRDstandards to the unfitting medical condition at the time of separation. The examiner documented tenderness to palpation of the bilateral cervical paraspinal musculature, extending to the upper back bilaterally, with no weakness or painful motion noted.The examiner diagnosed “myofascial pain” which was treated with “trigger point...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-01033
The Informal PEB adjudicated “lumbar degenerative disc disease”as unfitting, rated 10%, with likely application of the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD).The remaining conditions were determined to be not unfitting.The CI made no appeals and was medically separated. The CI was also noted to have a tender left foot and the abnormal gait was also cited here. The Board noted that the VA C&P examination was the only time an abnormal gait was recorded in the records in evidence.
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-00037
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 VA exam was closest to the date of separation and documented worsened pain-limited ROM than the MEB exam. I direct that all the Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected accordingly no later than 120 days from the date of this memorandum.
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-00734
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. In February 2006, the CI underwent consultation with a civilian spine specialist and was assessed with degenerative disc disease, lumbar spine, facet arthrosis, bilateral lower extremity numbness, myofascial pain, and back pain. All of the contended conditions were...
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 | PD2012-00127
In the majority of the records in evidence, the sensory and motor examinations were normal as was gait, similar to the MEB examination. The CI had a herniated disc with radicular pain which was treated with surgery, and there were symptoms of radiating pain documented in the treatment records. Left calf atrophy was noted on examinations, and measurement at the C&P examination indicated mild atrophy, however normal strength was noted in the majority of examinations.
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012-00130
The CI contention for radiculopathy with L4-L5 will be addressed in the review of the rating of the unfitting low back pain condition (as referenced on PEB proceedings document). At the MEB exam 4 months prior to separation, the CI reported, “back pain from C 130 hard landing.” The MEB physical exam noted mild tenderness at LS junction to moderate pressure and no overt spasm. The values reported were derived from the subjective pain threshold with motion and the rating decision stated, “an...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD 2014 00130
The Board agreed that the evidence in the record at both the MEB and C&P examinations supported the 10% rating IAW VASRD §4.59 (painful motion) for painful limited arm motion that did not meet the threshold compensable rating of 20% for “limited motion at shoulder level.” Board practice when rating ascode 5201 has considered 90 degrees of abduction or flexion “shoulder level.” There was no evidence in record of any other ratable impairment of the shoulder or incapacitating episodesallow for...