Objective evidence on testing of severe impairment of memory, attention, concentration, or executive functions resulting in severe functional impairment. 7911 Addison's disease (adrenocortical insufficiency): Three crises during the past year, or; five or more episodes during the past year, One or two crises during the past year, or; two to four episodes during the past year, or; weakness and fatigability, or; corticosteroid therapy required for control. 5314 Group XIV Function: Extension of knee. With diseases, preference is to be given to the number assigned to the disease itself; if the rating is determined on the basis of residual conditions, the number appropriate to the residual condition will be added, preceded by a hyphen. Note (2): Trophic changes include, but are not limited to, skin changes (thinning, atrophy, fissuring, ulceration, scarring, absence of hair) as well as nail changes (clubbing, deformities). 5321 Group XXI Function: Respiration. Of the five main senses, eyesight is used and relied upon the most. Motion of the thumb and fingers should be described by appropriate reference to the joints (See Plate III) whose movement is limited, with a statement as to how near, in centimeters, the tip of the thumb can approximate the fingers, or how near the tips of the fingers can approximate the proximal transverse crease of palm. Criterion March 10, 1976; criterion February 3, 1988; removed November 7, 1996. ), (2) Surgery with severe postoperative residuals such as incompletely healed surgical wounds, stumps of recent amputations, therapeutic immobilization of one major joint or more, application of a body cast, or the necessity for house confinement, or the necessity for continued use of a wheelchair or crutches (regular weight-bearing prohibited). Note: For the purpose of VA disability evaluation, a disease or traumatic injury of the penis resulting in scarring or deformity shall be rated under diagnostic code 7522. X-ray changes from arthritis in this location are decrease or obliteration of the joint space, with the appearance of increased bone density of the sacrum and ilium and sharpening of the margins of the joint. What are Infectious Diseases, Immune Disorders, and Nutritional Deficiencies for VA rating purposes? This document is available in the following developer friendly formats: Information and documentation can be found in our 18, 1976, as amended at 54 FR 27161, June 28, 1989; 54 FR 36029, Aug. 31, 1989; 83 FR 17756, Apr. This consideration, or the absence of clear cut evidence of injury, may result in classifying the disability as not of traumatic origin, either reflecting congenital or developmental etiology, or the effects of healed disease. Criterion May 13, 2018; criterion, note August 11, 2019. Poor renal function: Rate as renal dysfunction. 5305 Group V Function: Elbow supination. When the evidence is inadequate to assign a schedular evaluation, a physical examination will be scheduled and considered prior to the termination of a total rating under this section. 4.127 Intellectual disability (intellectual developmental disorder) and personality disorders. It is necessary therefore, in all cases of this character to deduct from the present degree of disability the degree, if ascertainable, of the disability existing at the time of entrance into active service, in terms of the rating schedule, except that if the disability is total (100 percent) no deduction will be made. If accepted into our ELITE membership program, youll get free up-front access and permission to use $13,119 worth of proprietary VA claim resources, including access to our network of independent medical professionals for medical examinations, disability evaluations, and credible Medical Nexus Letters, which could help you get a HIGHER VA rating in LESS time. The Endocrine System is a vast network of glands that create hormones to help regulate the body. Criterion February 3, 1988; criterion November 7, 1996; Removed August 4, 2014. 9913 Teeth, loss of, due to loss of substance of body of maxilla or mandible without loss of continuity. 7827 Erythema multiforme; Toxic epidermal necrolysis: Recurrent mucosal, palmar, or plantar involvement impairing mastication, use of hands, or ambulation occurring four or more times over the past 12-month period despite ongoing immunosuppressive therapy, Recurrent mucosal, palmar, or plantar involvement not impairing mastication, use of hands, or ambulation, occurring four or more times over the past 12-month period; and requiring intermittent systemic therapy, One to three episodes of mucosal, palmar, or plantar involvement not impairing mastication, use of hands, or ambulation, occurring over the past 12-month period AND requiring intermittent systemic therapy; or, Without recurrent episodes, but requiring continuous systemic medication for control, Deep acne (deep inflamed nodules and pus-filled cysts) affecting 40 percent or more of the face and neck, Deep acne (deep inflamed nodules and pus-filled cysts) affecting less than 40 percent of the face and neck, or deep acne other than on the face and neck, Superficial acne (comedones, papules, pustules) of any extent, Deep acne (deep inflamed nodules and pus-filled cysts) affecting the intertriginous areas (the axilla of the arm, the anogenital region, skin folds of the breasts, or between digits), Deep acne (deep inflamed nodules and pus-filled cysts) affecting less than 40 percent of the face and neck; or deep acne affecting non-intertriginous areas of the body (other than the face and neck), Affecting more than 40 percent of the scalp, Affecting less than 20 percent of the scalp, With loss of hair limited to scalp and face, Unable to handle paper or tools because of moisture, and unresponsive to therapy, Able to handle paper or tools after therapy, Rate as scars (DC's 7801, 7802, 7803, 7804, or 7805), disfigurement of the head, face, or neck (DC 7800), or impairment of function (under the appropriate body system). No other numbers than these listed or hereafter furnished are to be employed for rating purposes, with an exception as described in this section, as to unlisted conditions. Generalized involvement of the skin with systemic manifestations (such as fever, weight loss, or hypoproteinemia) AND one of the following, Constant or near-constant systemic therapy such as therapeutic doses of corticosteroids, other immunosuppressive drugs, retinoids, PUVA (psoralen with long-wave ultraviolet-A light), UVB (ultraviolet-B light) treatments, biologics, or electron beam therapy required over the past 12 month period; or, No current treatment due to a documented history of treatment failure with 2 or more treatment regimens, Generalized involvement of the skin without systemic manifestations and one of the following, Constant or near-constant systemic therapy such as therapeutic doses of corticosteroids, other immunosuppressive drugs, retinoids, PUVA, UVB treatments, biologics, or electron beam therapy required over the past 12-month period; or, No current treatment due to a documented history of treatment failure with 1 treatment regimen, Any extent of involvement of the skin, and any of the following therapies required for a total duration of 6 weeks or more, but not constantly, over the past 12-month period: systemic therapy such as therapeutic doses of corticosteroids, other immunosuppressive drugs, retinoids, PUVA, UVB treatments, biologics, or electron beam therapy, Any extent of involvement of the skin, and any of the following therapies required for a total duration of less than 6 weeks over the past 12-month period: systemic therapy such as therapeutic doses of corticosteroids, other immunosuppressive drugs, retinoids, PUVA, UVB treatments, biologics, or electron beam therapy, Any extent of involvement of the skin, and no more than topical therapy required over the past 12-month period. 6830 Radiation-induced, pneumonitis & fibrosis. 6325 Hyperinfection syndrome or disseminated strongyloidiasis. Malignant neoplasms of the eye, orbit, and adnexa (excluding skin) that do not require therapy comparable to that for systemic malignancies: Separately evaluate visual and nonvisual impairment, e.g., disfigurement (diagnostic code 7800), and combine the evaluations. Mere congenital or developmental defects, absent, displaced or supernumerary parts, refractive error of the eye, personality disorder and mental deficiency are not diseases or injuries in the meaning of applicable legislation for disability compensation purposes. Evaluation September 9, 1975; criterion January 12, 1998; criterion November 14, 2021. They will continue for a 12-month period following discharge from service. As applicable, consider the long-term health effects potentially associated with infectious diseases as listed in 3.317(d) of this chapter, specifically Brucellosis, Campylobacter jejuni, Coxiella burnetii (Q fever), Malaria, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Nontyphoid Salmonella, Shigella, Visceral Leishmaniasis, and West Nile virus. What are Neurological Conditions and Convulsive Disorders for VA rating purposes?
About VA Disability Ratings | Veterans Affairs 8529 External cutaneous nerve of thigh, paralysis. Note: In cases of the removal of one testis as the result of a service-incurred injury or disease, other than an undescended or congenitally undeveloped testis, with the absence or nonfunctioning of the other testis unrelated to service, an evaluation of 30 percent will be assigned for the service-connected testicular loss. 9, 2018; 83 FR 15323, Apr. 5219 Two digits of one hand, unfavorable ankylosis of: Index and long; index and ring; or index and little fingers, Long and ring; long and little; or ring and little fingers, 5220 Five digits of one hand, favorable ankylosis of. For the above purpose of one 60 percent disability, or one 40 percent disability in combination, the following will be considered as one disability: (1) Disabilities of one or both upper extremities, or of one or both lower extremities, including the bilateral factor, if applicable. [61 FR 46728, Sept. 5, 1996, as amended at 71 FR 28586, May 17, 2006]. Criterion July 6, 1950; criterion September 22, 1978; criterion and evaluation October 23, 2008. Examples: A person of high social standing remained seated, muttered angrily, and rubbed the arms of his chair while the National Anthem was being played; an apparently normal person suddenly disrobed in public; a man traded an expensive automobile for an antiquated automobile in poor mechanical condition and after regaining conscious control, discovered that he had signed an agreement to pay an additional sum of money in the trade. The same procedure will be employed when there are four or more disabilities. 8104 Paramyoclonus multiplex(convulsive state, myoclonic type). The personality disorder will be rated as a dementia (e.g., diagnostic code 9304 or 9326). 7324 Distomiasis, intestinal or hepatic. Note (3): This section is for evaluating Raynaud's disease (primary Raynaud's). cm.). Cutaneous manifestations of collagen-vascular diseases not listed elsewhere. Evaluation July 6, 1950; criterion and note February 7, 2021. Prostate gland injuries, infections, hypertrophy, postoperative residuals, bladder outlet obstruction. (a) Psychomotor seizures consist of episodic alterations in conscious control that may be associated with automatic states, generalized convulsions, random motor movements (chewing, lip smacking, fumbling), hallucinatory phenomena (involving taste, smell, sound, vision), perceptual illusions (deja vu, feelings of loneliness, strangeness, macropsia, micropsia, dreamy states), alterations in thinking (not open to reason), alterations in memory, abnormalities of mood or affect (fear, alarm, terror, anger, dread, well-being), and autonomic disturbances (sweating, pallor, flushing of the face, visceral phenomena such as nausea, vomiting, defecation, a rising feeling of warmth in the abdomen). 5251 Thigh, limitation of extension. Skin conditions for VA rating purposes can vary immensely in size and severity.