Va Rating For Meniscus Tear

Based on ROM Meniscus misc.

Va rating for meniscus tear. Select diagnoses associated with the claimed conditions Check all. Veterans are rated based on the level of severity and impairment in each of these areas. Clear impairments to daily living and health diagnosed by a doctor or 3 or more incapacitating episodes a year. Without other injury to the muscle - 10 5327 Muscle neoplasm of malignant excluding soft tissue sarcoma - 100 Note.

For Reservists the condition must have occurred in or resulted from an injury in the Line of Duty to qualify. The VA awards disability compensation for each Knee and Lower Leg condition that is service-connectedThe DoD will also rate service-connected conditions as long as they also make the service member Unfit fo r Duty. Torn Medial Meniscus Chondromalacia femoral condyles RIGHT knee b. The VA rating for knee amputations is either 40 if there still some knee function or 60 if the knee is removed or unusable.

These 40 and 60 ratings related only to the point of amputation. But in cases where the limitation of motion of the specific joint or. The term dislocated includes torn so a torn meniscus will be evaluated under DC 5258. The VA divides the rating criteria for TBI residuals into 10 categories.

Various toes and parts of the foot can earn you different VA ratings. The VA also proposes to add a note directing that an evaluation under diagnostic code 5258 be. Semilunar Cartilage is basically another word for meniscus. These ratings are assigned based on how much the knee can bend.

However VA generally rates a torn meniscus under one of two Diagnostic Codes. A rating of 100 percent shall continue beyond the cessation of any surgery radiation treatment antineoplastic chemotherapy or other therapeutic procedures. Arthritis degenerative hypertrophic or osteoarthritis. The different percentages available are 0 10 20 and 30.

Looks like youve developed some issues after the 0 rating. You may need to have the VA review your 0 rating on that right knee after surgery. Do I need to send them a letter explaining to them that I tore my ACL while in the service not my meniscus. Under DC 5258 a 20 percent rating is warranted for dislocated semilunar cartilage with frequent episodes of locking pain and effusion swelling into the joint.

The VA also proposes that evaluation alternatively be based on instability degenerative arthritis etc depending on the specific findings under the appropriate diagnostic code because these are possible effects of meniscus injury or surgery. Goal setting planning self-monitoring and flexibility in changing actions when they are not productive. Worse than 40 but not quite 100 incapacitated with weight loss and anemia due to the long term affects and incapacitated 4 times a year or more. The Department of Veterans Affairs says of this condition that when established via X-rays the VA disability rating will be made on the basis of limitation of motion under the appropriate diagnostic codes for the specific joint or joints involved.

If you suffer from Phantom Limb Pain PLP you may try to get a higher rating. Also look into any other secondary issues like your hips or back. According to the rating criteria if the knee can straighten but cant bend all the way it is rated under 5260. Diagnostic Code 5258 If the cartilage frequently dislocates causing pain swelling and locking in the knee it receives a 20 percent rating.

Memory attention concentration and executive functions including. Knee and Lower Leg Overview. List the claimed conditions that pertain to this DBQ. Notes below could someone help me understand what this may mean as far as a rating.