PART II - SUMMARY OF SERVICE
PART III – RATIONALE FOR DECISION AND PERTINENT REGULATION/LAW
PART IV - INFORMATION FOR THE APPLICANT
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00592
The CI was referred to the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB), determined unfit for the Sinus Tarsi Syndrome condition, and separated at 10% disability using the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD) and applicable Naval and Department of Defense regulations. The CI was separated on 20020814 for Sinus Tarsi Syndrome with chronic bilateral foot and ankle pain rated analogously as code 5279, Metatarsalgia, anterior, (Morton’s Disease), unilateral or bilateral, which assigns...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD-2012-00346
The MEB determined the “mechanical thoracic spine pain secondary to mild thoracic scoliosis and arthritis/degenerative changes of the thoracic spine” and “plantar fasciitis, left foot” to be medically unacceptable and referred these conditions to the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB). The examiner noted that the spine was normal. RECOMMENDATION: The Board recommends that the CI’s prior determination be modified as follows, effective as of the date of his prior medical separation: VASRD CODE...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-02003
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 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...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 01675
It is limited to those conditions determined by the PEB to be unfitting for continued military service and those conditions identified but not determined to be unfitting by the PEB, when specifically requested by the CI. Back pain, along with foot pain, was mentioned in a sick call note in 1999, although the entry elaborated only the foot complaint. An individual with a complaint of chronic low back pain, a normal objective examination, and normal objective testing is normally not referred...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 01323
The left foot injury condition, characterized as “diastasis of the first and second metatarsal base joint and medial and central cuneiform joint diathesis” was forwarded to the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) IAW AR 40-501 as medically unacceptable.No other conditions were submitted by the MEB.The PEBadjudicated the condition as left foot injury (moderate) as unfitting, rated 10%. At the MEB exam, on 24 April 2003, 2 months prior to separation, the CI reported 3 years of pain in the left...
AF | PDBR | CY2010 | PD2010-00776
In the matter of the bilateral cataracts, trigeminal neuralgia, bilateral knee pain, pes planus, tinnitus or any other medical conditions eligible for Board consideration; the Board unanimously agrees that it cannot recommend any findings of unfit for additional rating at separation. RECOMMENDATION : The Board recommends that the CI’s prior determination be modified as follows, effective as of the date of his prior medical separation: Subj: PHYSICAL DISABILITY BOARD OF REVIEW (PDBR)...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-02225
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. RATING COMPARISON : IPEB – Dated 20050404VA* -(~7 Months Post-Separation) ConditionCodeRatingConditionCodeRatingExam Morton’s Neuroma, Left Foot…527910%…Morton’s Neuroma, Left Foot5276-527910%20051219Other x 0 (Not In...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 01495
The CI then returned with left foot pain and was diagnosed by bone scan in June 2001 to have another metatarsal stress fracture; she was again treated. The VA rated the right foot pain and the left foot pain separately, each as 5299-5284 (analogous to other foot injury) at 10% (moderate), combined with bilateral factor to 20%. SUBJECT: Department of Defense Physical Disability Board of Review Recommendation for AR20130009110 (PD201201495)I have reviewed the enclosed Department of Defense...
AF | PDBR | CY2011 | PD2011-00792
The Board finally makes note that the rating decision for PTSD, which was not in the DES file, nor was considered in the original VA rating decision, was derived from VA evaluations performed more than 12 months after separation, and was rated effective 29 months after separation. The Board does not have the authority under DoDI 6040.44 to render fitness or rating recommendations for any conditions not considered by the DES. RECOMMENDATION : The Board, therefore, recommends that there be...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01685
When seen in primary care a week later, he had a normal gait, but continued to report pain. He again reported persistent pain when seen in PT on 4 May 2004, but had a normal posture, gait, and ankle range-of-motion (ROM). I have carefully reviewed the evidence of record and the recommendation of the Board.