Va Rating Plantar Fasciitis

Both the VA and the DoD award Military Disability for the Foot.

Va rating plantar fasciitis. VA changed the rating criteria in early 2021 adding a diagnostic code specifically for plantar fasciitis. In 2021 Plantar Fasciitis VA ratings range from 0 to 50 with breaks at 10 20 and 30. The VA combined my heel spurs and chronic plantar fasciitis into one rating under the flat foot-aquired diagnostic code. Below are the specific qualifications for each rating percentage.

For Reservists the condition must have occurred in or resulted from an injury in the Line of Duty to qualify. Under DOR review it was increased to 10 under the same diagnostic code again single rating. My plantar fasciitis was originally rated 0 under the diagnostic code for flat feet single rating. The toe fungus would be a seperate issue entirely in my opinion.

Plantar Fasciitis is a condition which many Veterans suffer from. 0 If you are experiencing plantar fasciitis that can be relieved by shoe inserts and arch supports then the VA will likely give you a non-compensable rating of 0. In deciding the disability rating for flat feet the VA uses the rating schedule 38 CFR. VETERANS AFFAIRS CANADA February 2005 ENTITLEMENT ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES PLANTAR FASCIITIS MPC 01352 ICD-9 7287 DEFINITION Plantar Fasciitis is a painful condition of the subcalcaneal aspect of the foot resulting from inflammation or contracture of the deep fascia of the sole plantar fascia with or without calcaneal spur.

Flat feet VA disability issues are more prevalent than most people think. Plantar Fasciitis is a foot condition where the plantar fascias become inflamed. For the period since the July 2001 effective date for service connection then the record supports a 10 percent rating for the right foot plantar fasciitis. Plantar fasciitis symptoms are some of the top orthopedic complaints among Veterans.

So the CP results below are for Plantar Fasciitis where it appears the examiner also diagnosed Hallux Valgus. Symptoms can be relieved by using arch supports. As with flat feet the VA rates plantar fasciitis on a scale of mild to pronounced and awards disabilities ratings from 0 to 50. How Does VA Rate Plantar Fasciitis.

Ratings can be assigned up to 50 and are decided as follows. The VA awards disability compensation for each Foot condition that is service-connectedThe DoD will also rate service-connected conditions as long as they also make the service member Unfit for D uty. 471a which covers the musculoskeletal system. 10 Veterans can receive the 10 percent rating for plantar fasciitis affecting one or both feet.

VA may consider an extraschedular rating in cases that are exceptional such that the standards of the rating schedule appear to be inadequate to evaluate a disability. Plantar fasciitis is rated under 38 CFR 471a Diagnostic Code 5285. VA proposes to clarify the terminology used in these criteria by adding ranges of motion of the shoulder. 5276 Bilateral Pes Planus - 10 6260 Tinnitus - 10.

Since 2016 VA Claims Insider has helped thousands of Veterans just like you get the VA rating and compensation they deserve in less time. I am currently rated at 40 for the following. I continued my appleal and was awarded 20 for each foot under the diagnostic code for Foot Injury Other. Specifically VA proposes to assign a 40 percent rating for a major joint or 30 percent for a minor joint where flexion andor abduction is limited to 25 degrees from the side.

At this rating the flat feet are considered mild and non-compensable.