Va Rating For Toe Pain

TDIU and Increased Rating VA Claims for Pain Total disability based on individual unemployability TDIU occurs when VA awards veterans with a total disability rating 100 percent based on their inability to work due to their service-connected conditions.

Va rating for toe pain. The VA will tell you its an 80 success rate but private doctors wont do it unless you are to the point you cant take another step. Hallux valgus unilateral 5281. These are as follows. 471a which covers the musculoskeletal system.

The VA awards disability compensation for injuries to the Foot and Lower Leg Muscles that are service-connectedThe DoD will also rate service-connected muscle injuries as long as they also make the service member Unfit for DutyFor Reservists the injury must have occurred in the Line of Duty to qualify. At this rating the flat feet are considered mild and non-compensable. Weak foot bilateral 5278. Overview for Rating Foot and Lower Leg Muscle Conditions.

Under the VA rating schedule there is a standard 20 disability rating if there is x-ray evidence of involvement of two or more major joints or minor joint groups with occasional incapacitating exacerbations. Claw foot pes cavus acquired 5279. Ratings can be assigned up to 50 and are decided as follows. If you have a diagnosed foot condition that is mentioned under one of those ten codes VA will compare your symptoms to the rating criteria in that code and assign an evaluation based on that.

It can be rated at 10. Loss of UseAmputation of the Foot Broken Bones in the Foot Flat Foot Pes Planus Claw Foot Hammer Toe Metatarsalgia Mortons Disease Other Musculoskeletal Diseases Bunions Hallux Valgus Hallux Rigidus Bilateral. 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. I have had a consults from 8 differant foot doctors in the last ten years and the highest success rate was 30 that is just too low.

Arthritis degenerative hypertrophic or osteoarthritis. In deciding the disability rating for flat feet the VA uses the rating schedule 38 CFR. VA also provides an additional diagnostic code ie 5284 that serves as a catch-all for other foot injuries. The rating for this is dependent upon the use of the foot not the healing process.

Veterans with moderate bilateral and unilateral flat feet are rated at 10 percent. The VASRD offers ratings for the following musculoskeletal conditions of the Foot. If it is bilateral affects both feet then your disability rating may be 30. Major joints include the shoulder wrist elbow hip knee and ankle while minor joints include toes fingers spine and sacroiliac.

Veterans with severe unilateral flat feet can be rated at 20 percent. Symptoms can be relieved by using arch supports. The exact rating that you receive in this category will depend on whether your condition is unilateral or bilateral. Moderate flat feet is when a veterans weight-bearing line is over the medial great toe there is inward bowing of the Achilles tendon and pain on manipulation and use of the feet.

If you have unilateral pes planus affecting one foot you can receive a VA disability rating for foot pain of 20. Hallux rigidus unilateral severe 5282. 30 and they take into consideration the pain levels your experience which is affecting your quality of life.