Va Rating For Idiopathic Peripheral Neuropathy

Beginning January 18 2013 the criteria for a disability rating of 20 percent but no higher for peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity have been met.

Va rating for idiopathic peripheral neuropathy. VA assumes the average rating for peripheral neuropathy will be 10 percent. Also in CFR38 some items dont have a disability percentage ie. Some known causes are the result of drugs to treat aids and cancer. Establishing secondary service connection for peripheral neuropathy can greatly increase your VA rating but it is often overlooked.

Peripheral neuropathy is often overlooked by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs VA so its important that veterans get an accurate diagnosis. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs VA has a compensation schedule for rating disabilities. The common peroneal nerve is derived from the lumbar and sacral spine regions as a part of the sciatic nerve. Neuropathy is listed as a disease of the peripheral nerves under Neurological Conditions and Convulsive Disorders.

In about one third of cases the cause is unknown. For example nerve damage can involve the peroneal nerve sciatic nerve or femoral nerve. Veterans with early-onset peripheral neuropathy that appeared within one year of exposure to herbicides during service to a degree of at least 10 percent disabling by VAs rating regulations may be eligible for disability compensation and health care. The ratings under DC 8520 range from 80 to 10.

Typically lower extremity peripheral neuropathy is rated analogous to paralysis of the sciatic nerve under diagnostic code 8520. Peripheral neuropathy is a painful condition due to nerve damage most commonly affecting ones feet. Radiculopathy is caused by a compressed nerve in the spine. Finally sciatica also known as paralysis of the sciatic nerve is the seventh most common disability among all veterans.

Veterans who are already rated 50 to 100 percent for combined service connected disabilities and receive an average compensation rate for peripheral neuropathy will not see a difference in their monthly compensation. The VA uses this schedule to assess your disability. 41 43 47 4124a Diagnostic Code 8520 2015. Diabetic neuropathy arises as a result of type 2 diabetes.

The VA doesnt have a diagnostic code for peripheral neuropathy so the VA rates the condition based on the nerve s involved. Peripheral neuropathy manifests as weakness numbness and pain usually in the hands or feet. VA does not have a diagnostic code DC for peripheral neuropathy so it rates it analogous. Getting a VA disability rating for diabetic neuropathy may be different than other ratings because of its status as a secondary condition.

1155 West 2014. The VA diagnostic code for Peripheral Neuropathy seems on its face to be fairly. Service-Connected Neuropathy and Agent Orange. So you may be able to get a separate rating for diabetic neuropathy that will be combined with your diabetes rating to give you a total disability.

The rating schedule that is applied to neuropathy is based on the level of incomplete paralysis for each extremity hands and feet.