Hunter Culbertson Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Moderator broncovet Posted August 6, 2016 Moderator Share Posted August 6, 2016 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 Gastone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 pwrslm Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 What is your peripheral neuropathy caused by? Lumbar, DMII? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Gastone Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 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 broncovet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Gastone Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Hunter Culbertson Posted August 6, 2016 Author Share Posted August 6, 2016 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. Gastone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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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?
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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 y
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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? Reall
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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
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