Peripherial Neuropathy and Loss of usage of a reproductive organ

[Hunter Culbertson]

I've been diagnosed with service connected Peripherial Neuropathy and Loss of usage of a reproductive organ. What am I looking at as far as compensation? 

[broncovet]

Its likely gonna boil down to symptoms, if service connected.   Order your medical records, if you dont have them, and read and see what the doc says, and then try putting your symptoms in the chart yourself.

Diseases of the Peripheral Nerves

Schedule of ratings	Rating
	Major	Minor
The term “incomplete paralysis,” with this and other peripheral nerve injuries, indicates a degree of lost or impaired function substantially less than the type picture 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 bilateral, combine with application of the bilateral factor.
Upper radicular group (fifth and sixth cervicals)
8510 Paralysis of:
Complete; all shoulder and elbow movements lost or severely affected, hand and wrist movements not affected	70	60
Incomplete:
Severe	50	40
Moderate	40	30
Mild	20	20
8610 Neuritis.
8710 Neuralgia.
Middle radicular group
8511 Paralysis of:
Complete; adduction, abduction and rotation of arm, flexion of elbow, and extension of wrist lost or severely affected	70	60
Incomplete:
Severe	50	40
Moderate	40	30
Mild	20	20
8611 Neuritis.
8711 Neuralgia.
Lower radicular group
8512 Paralysis of:
Complete; all intrinsic muscles of hand, and some or all of flexors of wrist and fingers, paralyzed (substantial loss of use of hand)	70	60
Incomplete:
Severe	50	40
Moderate	40	30
Mild	20	20
8612 Neuritis.
8712 Neuralgia.
All radicular groups
8513 Paralysis of:
Complete	90	80
Incomplete:
Severe	70	60
Moderate	40	30
Mild	20	20
8613 Neuritis.
8713 Neuralgia.
The musculospiral nerve (radial nerve)
8514 Paralysis of:
Complete; drop of hand and fingers, wrist and fingers perpetually flexed, the thumb adducted falling within the line of the outer border of the index finger; can not extend hand at wrist, extend proximal phalanges of fingers, extend thumb, or make lateral movement of wrist; supination of hand, extension and flexion of elbow weakened, the loss of synergic motion of extensors impairs the hand grip seriously; total paralysis of the triceps occurs only as the greatest rarity	70	60
Incomplete:
Severe	50	40
Moderate	30	20
Mild	20	20
8614 Neuritis.
8714 Neuralgia.
Note: Lesions involving only “dissociation of extensor communis digitorum” and “paralysis below the extensor communis digitorum,” will not exceed the moderate rating under code 8514.
The median nerve
8515 Paralysis of:
Complete; the hand inclined to the ulnar side, the index and middle fingers more extended than normally, considerable atrophy of the muscles of the thenar eminence, the thumb in the plane of the hand (ape hand); pronation incomplete and defective, absence of flexion of index finger and feeble flexion of middle finger, cannot make a fist, index and middle fingers remain extended; cannot flex distal phalanx of thumb, defective opposition and abduction of the thumb, at right angles to palm; flexion of wrist weakened; pain with trophic disturbances	70	60
Incomplete:
Severe	50	40
Moderate	30	20
Mild

[pwrslm]

What is your peripheral neuropathy caused by?  Lumbar, DMII?

[Gastone]

The ED is a straight SMC K ($100+) award if SC'd, no %. The PN, see Bronc's post above, what is your degree of disability

What is the cause of your PN, or is it classified as Idiopathic PN? Really doesn't matter, as long as you get it SC'd, the degree of disability is what counts for the SC %.

Semper Fi

[Gastone]

Hunter, how about a different ID, just saying.

Be sure to "Redact," any and all postings on Hadit and other sites, especially when discussing your "Dead Weapon."

Semper Fi

[Hunter Culbertson]

Thanks for the info. The ED issue is (smc) K. The PN % my Neurologist non VA will have to say. He did say that my PN was caused by me being a human research test subject testing ejection seat impacts 17 times in 6 months while serving in the US Navy.