Radiculopathy

[*Bergie*]

Can anyone tell me where radiculopathy falls under in title 38. I am unable to find it, I have it in both forearms secondary to cervical injury.

Thank you,

Bergie

[Hoppy]

I Think this is current. it came from a 2009 BVA case.

Diagnostic Code 8510 provides ratings for paralysis of the

upper radicular group (fifth and sixth cervicals).

Diagnostic Code 8510 provides that mild incomplete paralysis

is rated 20 percent disabling on the major side and 20

percent on the minor side; moderate incomplete paralysis is

rated 40 percent disabling on the major side and 30 percent

on the minor side; and severe incomplete paralysis is rated

50 percent disabling on the major side and 40 percent on the

minor side. Complete paralysis, with all shoulder and elbow

movement lost or severely affected, and hand and wrist

movement not affected, is rated 70 percent disabling on the

major side and 60 percent on the minor side. 38 C.F.R.

§ 4.124a.

The term "incomplete paralysis" with this and other

peripheral nerve injuries indicates a degree of lost or

impaired function substantially less than the type pictured

for complete paralysis given with each nerve, whether due to

varied level of the nerve lesion or to partial regeneration.

When the involvement is wholly sensory, the rating should be

for the mild, or at most, the moderate degree. The ratings

for the peripheral nerves are for unilateral involvement;

when there is bilateral involvement, the VA adjudicator is to

combine the ratings for the peripheral nerves, with

application of the bilateral factor. 38 C.F.R. § 4.124a.