Rating Table for Selected Symptoms – Veterans’ Disability
Veterans’ Disability Ratings Table
Below, I’ve used a ratings table to illustrate how selected neurological and psychological symptoms rate on the veterans disability rating system.
8100 Migraine: | ||
With very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability |
50 |
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With characteristic prostrating attacks occurring on an average once a month over last several months |
30 |
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With characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in 2 months over last several months |
10 |
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With less frequent attacks |
0 |
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Severe |
30 |
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Moderate |
10 |
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Mild |
0 |
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Complete; the foot dangles and drops, no active movement possible of muscles below the knee, flexion of knee weakened or (very rarely) lost |
80 |
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Incomplete: |
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Severe, with marked muscular atrophy |
60 |
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Moderately severe |
40 |
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Moderate |
20 |
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Mild |
10 |
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External popliteal nerve (common peroneal) |
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Complete; foot drop and slight droop of first phalanges of all toes, cannot dorsiflex the foot, extension (dorsal flexion) of proximal phalanges of toes lost; abduction of foot lost, adduction weakened; anesthesia covers entire dorsum of foot and toes |
40 |
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Incomplete: |
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Severe |
30 |
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Moderate |
20 |
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Mild |
10 |
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Musculocutaneous nerve (superficial peroneal) |
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Complete; eversion of foot weakened |
30 |
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Incomplete: |
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Severe |
20 |
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Moderate |
10 |
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Mild |
0 |
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Anterior tibial nerve (deep peroneal) |
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Complete; dorsal flexion of foot lost |
30 |
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Incomplete: |
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Severe |
20 |
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Moderate |
10 |
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Mild |
0 |
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Internal popliteal nerve (tibial) |
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Complete; plantar flexion lost, frank adduction of foot impossible, flexion and separation of toes abolished; no muscle in sole can move; in lesions of the nerve high in popliteal fossa, plantar flexion of foot is lost |
40 |
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Incomplete: |
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Severe |
30 |
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Moderate |
20 |
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Mild |
10 |
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Posterior tibial nerve |
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Complete; paralysis of all muscles of sole of foot, frequently with painful paralysis of a causalgic nature; toes cannot be flexed; adduction is weakened; plantar flexion is impaired |
30 |
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Incomplete: |
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Severe |
20 |
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Moderate |
10 |
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Mild |
10 |
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Anterior crural nerve (femoral) |
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Complete; paralysis of quadriceps extensor muscles |
40 |
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Incomplete: |
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Severe |
30 |
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Moderate |
20 |
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Mild |
10 |
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Internal saphenous nerve |
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Severe to complete |
10 |
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Mild to moderate |
0 |
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Chronic Adjustment Disorder |
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General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders: |
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Total occupational and social impairment, due to such symptoms as: gross impairment in thought processes or communication; persistent delusions or hallucinations; grossly inappropriate behavior; persistent danger of hurting self or others; intermittent inability to perform activities of daily living (including maintenance of minimal personal hygiene); disorientation to time or place; memory loss for names of close relatives, own occupation, or own name |
100 |
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Occupational and social impairment, with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood, due to such symptoms as: suicidal ideation; obsessional rituals which interfere with routine activities; speech intermittently illogical, obscure, or irrelevant; near-continuous panic or depression affecting the ability to function independently, appropriately and effectively; impaired impulse control (such as unprovoked irritability with periods of violence); spatial disorientation; neglect of personal appearance and hygiene; difficulty in adapting to stressful circumstances (including work or a worklike setting); inability to establish and maintain effective relationships |
70 |
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Occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity due to such symptoms as: flattened affect; circumstantial, circumlocutory, or stereotyped speech; panic attacks more than once a week; difficulty in understanding complex commands; impairment of short- and long-term memory (e.g., retention of only highly learned material, forgetting to complete tasks); impaired judgment; impaired abstract thinking; disturbances of motivation and mood; difficulty in establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships |
50 |
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Occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks (although generally functioning satisfactorily, with routine behavior, self-care, and conversation normal), due to such symptoms as: depressed mood, anxiety, suspiciousness, panic attacks (weekly or less often), chronic sleep impairment, mild memory loss (such as forgetting names, directions, recent events) |
30 |
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Occupational and social impairment due to mild or transient symptoms which decrease work efficiency and ability to perform occupational tasks only during periods of significant stress, or; symptoms controlled by continuous medication |
10 |
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A mental condition has been formally diagnosed, but symptoms are not severe enough either to interfere with occupational and social functioning or to require continuous medication |
0 |
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