Any help would be appreciated!

[garion]

I requested an increase for Peripheral Neuritis and Arthritis. Below is the results.  The C&P examiner also found I had Sciatic Neuritis and Posterior Tibial Nerve damage. 

Will the VA rate me separately or together for all four issues?  Or are they rated separately?

Thanks!

 

3. Veteran's current claimed and diagnosed Right and Left Lower

Extremity Peripheral Neuritis due to cold exposure is at least as likely as not(50

percent or greater probability) a continuation and/or progression of the

Veteran's already service connected Right and Left Lower Extremity,

Peripheral Neuritis from Cold Injury.

4. Veteran's current claimed Osteoarthritis of Right Foot/Right

Lower Extremity is at least as likely as not(50 percent or greater

probability)proximately due to or the result of the Veteran's

already service connected Peripheral Neuritis from cold Injury, Left and Right

Lower Extremity condition(s)/disability.

Rationale:

Veteran's current clinical radiologic findings- Right Foot, positive

for objective Right Calcaneal Spurring.

The C&P doctor also wrote this...

11. Nerves Affected: Severity evaluation for lower extremity nerves

a. Sciatic nerve

Right: [ ] Normal [X] Incomplete paralysis [ ] Complete paralysis

If Incomplete paralysis is checked, indicate severity:

[ ] Mild

[X] Moderate

[ ] Moderately Severe

[ ] Severe, with marked muscular atrophy

Left: [ ] Normal [X] Incomplete paralysis [ ] Complete paralysis

If Incomplete paralysis is checked, indicate severity:

[ ] Mild

[X] Moderate

[ ] Moderately Severe

[ ] Severe, with marked muscular atrophy

f. Posterior tibial nerve

Right: [ ] Normal [X] Incomplete paralysis [ ] Complete paralysis

If Incomplete paralysis is checked, indicate severity:

[ ] Mild [X] Moderate [ ] Severe

Left: [ ] Normal [X] Incomplete paralysis [ ] Complete paralysis

If Incomplete paralysis is checked, indicate severity:

[ ] Mild [X] Moderate [ ] Severe

 

[garion]

Glad you made it thru the exam bud, and I myself have had a few conditions granted that I did not submit for, yet Examiner noted conditions thru treatment or MRIs. Sounds like a good thing to me.

Thanks Navy04!  I just hope they rate me fairly...

[pwrslm]

 

 

Thanks pwrslm!  I already did that test a long time ago.  That's how I got my first rating.  The problem I am having is which one will they rate me on?  It's documented by my C&P and pervious doctors that I have sciatic nerve damage and posterior nerve damage.  Each have it's own rating and code. 

 

Nerves are rated by what they do, not how bad they are damaged. 

3 types of nerves involved, sensory, motor, and autonomous.  Sensory is feel, motor is movement, and autonomous is reflex for peripherals.  Sensations like numbness, shooting pain, tingling, is all sensory.  Motor is when your strength, reflex, or coordination is involved.  When reflex response is affected, its usually accompanied by substantial motor involvement as well.

http://www.benefits.va.gov/WARMS/M21_1MR3.asp

This is the instruction book for  the RO to rate this.  This is the bottom line;

Degree of Incomplete Paralysis	Description
Mild	subjective symptoms or diminished sensation
Moderate	absence of sensation confirmed by objective findings
Severe	more than sensory findings are demonstrated, such as atrophy, weakness, and diminished reflexes.

Edited October 16, 2015 by pwrslm