Va Rating For Radiculopathy Left Lower Extremity

The Veteran appealed for higher ratings to the Board of Veterans Appeals.

Va rating for radiculopathy left lower extremity. My concern is that the VA will downplay these results and give me a rating less than 40. And 3 the VA looks. The sciatic nerve is rated under diagnostic codes 8520 8620 and 8720. Numbness weakness or tingling in your back or legs.

Radiculopathy of the rightleft lower extremity radiculopathy of the left lower extremity GRANTED and all other Multiple claims DENIED and REMANDED Citation Nr. The other 10 is just plain hurts. VA ratings for Radiculopathy of the left lower and right lower extremities are typically rated under diagnostic code 8620. Basically its any pain weakness loss of feeling or sensation caused by problems in your back.

Pain that moves from your lower back to your buttocks groin and the back of your leg. The VA awards disability compensation for each condition of the Peripheral Nerves of the Low Back and Legs that is service-connectedThe DoD will also rate service-connected conditions as long as they also make the service member Unfit for DutyFor Reservists the condition must have occurred in or resulted from an injury in the Line of Duty to qualify. The 60 percent rating as it is based on constitutional symptoms is not subject to the amputation rule. You may have any of the following.

For sciatica for example in radiculopathy of the lower back the VA applies rating criteria specific to the sciatic nerve diagnostic code 8720 and assigns a disability percent rating on whether the neuralgia is moderate or mild. This 10 percent rating and the other partial ratings of 30 percent or less are to be combined with ratings for ankylosis limited motion nonunion or malunion shortening etc subject of course to the amputation rule. The VA disability appeals process is often long and arduous. 0 to 10 degrees - Right Lateral Rotation.

The criteria for a rating of 20 percent for radiculopathy of the left lower extremity have been met. Ive also got marked weakness in my left foot. Symptoms are typically made worse with long periods of sitting. If a veteran has radiculopathy affecting the sciatic nerve the VA will decide which category best approximates the symptoms the veteran is experiencing and then will look at the rating criteria associated with that category for the sciatic nerve.

The VA awards disability compensation for injuries to the Foot and Lower Leg Muscles that are service-connected. So when rating a nerve condition the VA looks at three things. - Left Lateral Flexion. Board finds criteria for extraschedular rating not met.

These two disability ratings are presently on appeal. This can be demonstrated by muscular atrophy poor blood circulation and limited movement of the affected body part. 2 the VA will decide the corresponding level of severity. The present VA ratings assigned for degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine and radiculopathy of the left and right lower extremities when combined See 38 CFR.

The back pain is rated separately so you could have a 40 rating on your back 20 on your right let and 10 on your left leg which would make a combined rating of 60 with the bilateral factor thrown in. My left leg feels like theres hot lava flowing down the bone 90 of the time. However the most common rating for lumbar radiculopathy is under the sciatic nerve. 0 to 15 degrees Based on the above ROM and the VASRD for Thoracolumbar Spine I should be receiving a 40 rating.

43 4123 4124 4124a Diagnostic Codes 8517 8520 2016. What are the signs and symptoms of lumbar radiculopathy. 97-29 539 DATE On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Muskogee Oklahoma THE ISSUES 1. The DoD will also rate service-connected muscle injuries as long as they also make the service member Unfit for Duty.

1 the VA first decides whether the condition should be rated under paralysis neuritis or neuralgia. Use our VA Disability Calculator to estimate your combined VA rating and monthly entitlement here. Right on link0117 thank you for sharing this. For Reservists the injury must have occurred in the Line of Duty to qualify.

The pain is often felt below your knee. Im at 40 for lower back and 20 in each leg for radiculopathy. Incomplete but severe paralysis of the sciatic nerve may lead to a 60 percent disability rating. 423 are rated as 70 percent disabling.

I presonally disagree with this as individual nerves affect different aspects of sensation and motor fuction completely seperate from other nerves but I digress. Incomplete paralysis can be determined as severe moderately severe moderate or mild with disability ratings as low as 10 percent. 0 to 15 degrees - Left Lateral Rotation. VA assigned a 40 percent disability rating for the left lower extremity and a 30 percent disability rating in August 2016 based on the Directors opinion.

Was your VA Disability Claim for Radiculopathy denied. Lumbar radiculopathy is also known as sciatica and symptoms include pain and numbness in the low back hips buttock leg or foot. It seems as though the VA wants to lump all issues with nerves in the legs into one all encompassing radiculopathy rating.