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Degenerative disc disease (intervertebral disc syndrome) is rated under diagnostic code 5243 either by limitation of motion or by incapacitating episodes, which

Decided on Range of motion and incapacitating episodes

Paget's disease of bone (osteitis deformans) is rated under 38 CFR 4.71a diagnostic code 5016, which directs VA to rate it on limitation of motion of the affect

Decided on Limitation of motion

Discoid (cutaneous) lupus is rated under diagnostic code 7809 as disfigurement of the head, face, or neck (diagnostic code 7800) or as scars or dermatitis (7801

Decided on Body area and systemic therapy

Granulomatous disease appears on the PACT Act presumptive list as its own entry. Granulomatous rhinitis is rated under 38 CFR 4.97, diagnostic code 6524: 100 pe

Decided on Specific granulomatous diagnosis

Restrictive lung disease is rated under 38 CFR 4.97 DC 6845 at 30 to 100 percent based on PFT values (FVC, FEV-1, DLCO).

Decided on PFT values, imaging, oxygen need

Hansen's disease is rated under diagnostic code 6302 at 100 percent while active. Afterward, residuals such as peripheral neuropathy, skin changes, and deformit

Decided on Active disease or residuals

Interstitial lung disease is rated under the restrictive lung formula (diagnostic codes 6825 to 6833) from 10 to 100 percent based on FVC, DLCO, exercise capaci

Decided on FVC, DLCO, and exercise capacity

Sickle cell disease is rated under diagnostic code 7714 at 10, 30, 60, or 100 percent based on crisis frequency and end-organ damage.

Decided on Crisis frequency, hospitalizations, damage

Huntington's chorea is rated under diagnostic code 8106 from 10 percent for mild disease to 100 percent for pronounced, progressive disease, considering the com

Decided on Overall disease severity

Buerger's disease is rated under 38 CFR 4.104 DC 7115 (thromboangiitis obliterans) at 20 to 100 percent based on claudication distance and ulceration or amputat

Decided on Claudication distance and tissue loss

Chronic kidney disease is rated under the renal dysfunction criteria of 38 CFR 4.115a, which since November 14, 2021 are based on glomerular filtration rate (GF

Decided on Lab values, edema, & blood pressure

Raynaud's disease is rated under diagnostic code 7117 at 10, 20, 40, 60, or 100 percent based on the frequency of characteristic attacks and the presence of dig

Decided on Attack frequency, digital ulceration

38 CFR 3.309(b) makes a list of tropical diseases presumptive when they appear within a year of leaving service in an endemic area, or later when the incubation

Decided on Active infection or residuals

Celiac disease is rated under DC 7355 at 30, 50, or 80 percent based on malabsorption, nutritional deficiencies, and how much daily activity is affected.

Decided on Malabsorption, deficiencies, weight loss

Since May 19, 2024, Crohn's disease has its own diagnostic code, 7326, rated 10, 30, 60, or 100 percent based on the treatment tier required, daily diarrhea epi

Decided on Treatment response and symptom severity

Meniere's disease is rated under diagnostic code 6205 at 30, 60, or 100 percent based on the frequency of attacks of vertigo and the impact on hearing.

Decided on Frequency of vertigo and hearing loss

Parkinson's disease has a minimum rating of 30 percent under diagnostic code 8004, with additional ratings assigned for residuals such as tremor, gait disturban

Decided on Flat 30 percent minimum rating

Peptic ulcer disease is rated under DC 7304 at 0, 20, 40, 60, or 100 percent based on the frequency of symptom episodes, anemia and hospitalization, and recent

Decided on Episode frequency and treatment

Ischemic Heart Disease (diagnostic code 7005) is rated under the General Rating Formula for Diseases of the Heart in 38 CFR 4.104: 100 percent when a workload o

Decided on METs, ejection fraction, heart failure

Chronic Lyme disease residuals are rated by analogy under diagnostic code 6319 based on the affected body system and severity.

Decided on Residual symptoms and organ involvement

End-stage renal disease is rated as renal dysfunction under 38 CFR 4.115a (diagnostic code 7530): 100 percent for chronic kidney disease with a GFR below 15 mL/

Decided on Regular dialysis requirement

Since November 14, 2021, peripheral arterial disease under diagnostic code 7114 is rated on objective vascular testing rather than claudication distance: 20, 40

Decided on Claudication distance, ABI, pulses

Fibrocystic breast disease has no percentage table of its own. Under the current schedule it falls under diagnostic code 7631 (benign neoplasms of the breast an

Decided on Residuals and impairment of function

Chronic kidney disease is rated under diagnostic code 7530 by the renal dysfunction criteria of 38 CFR 4.115a based on lab values and clinical findings.

Decided on Renal dysfunction severity

Fatty liver disease (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, rated as chronic liver disease without cirrhosis, DC 7345) is rated at 0, 20, 40, 60, or 100 percent based o

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Valvular heart disease is rated under DC 7000 using the general rating formula for heart diseases: 10 to 100 percent based on the workload in METs that brings o

Kidney disease is rated on the renal dysfunction scale in 38 CFR 4.115a, which now runs almost entirely on your glomerular filtration rate: 30 to 100 percent ti

Most spine conditions use one formula based on range of motion, ankylosis, or disc-disease episodes. Here are the thoracolumbar and cervical numbers, the incapa

An Other Than Honorable discharge does not always bar VA benefits. Under 38 CFR 3.12, VA reviews the underlying conduct and may find it was not disqualifying. T

Coronary artery disease is rated under DC 7005 (38 CFR 4.104) on the General Rating Formula for the heart, driven by the METs workload at which heart failure sy

Meniere's disease is rated under DC 6205 at 30, 60, or 100 percent based on how often vertigo attacks with cerebellar gait occur. Here is the frequency scale, t

… , the MEB, and the PEB: How medical separation works before discharge The DoD rating and the VA rating come out of the same exams and routinely disagree. That

Degenerative arthritis is rated under DC 5003 based on limitation of motion of each affected joint, with a 10 percent floor for painful motion and X-ray based r

… 5237 (38 CFR 4.71a) using the **general rating formula for diseases and injuries of the spine**, which also covers degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine

Vietnam era veterans and others exposed to Agent Orange can file claims for conditions VA presumes are linked to the herbicide, from ischemic heart disease and

There is no asbestos presumption: these claims are won by proving exposure and connecting a lung disease that surfaces decades later. Here is the development VA

Separate from the burial allowance, VA provides free burial in a national cemetery to any veteran discharged under conditions other than dishonorable, plus elig

The PACT Act presumes burn pit exposure and service connection for asthma, rhinitis, sinusitis, COPD, constrictive bronchiolitis, and more, manifesting to any d

… e-fibroids), [PCOS](/conditions/pcos), [pelvic inflammatory disease](/conditions/pelvic-inflammatory-disease), and [premature ovarian failure](/conditions/prema

A reflux condition that began years after discharge can still be service connected. The calendar is not the test. When PTSD, anxiety, or the medications treatin

… t can supply the element a file was missing. Many veterans discount their own account because no doctor wrote it down. The law does not. Competent lay evidence

Most dental problems earn VA treatment, not compensation. The compensable exceptions live in 38 CFR 4.150: tooth loss from jawbone trauma or disease under DC 99

… diagnostic codes 5013 through 5024, gout is evaluated **as degenerative arthritis, based on limitation of motion of the affected parts**. That one sentence is

… at 1000, 2000, 3000, and 4000 Hz, in each ear. 2. **Speech discrimination, using the Maryland CNC test.** A controlled word-recognition test that reports the p

… modest success rate scares them off, or diabetes, vascular disease, obesity, or anesthesia risk takes the operation off the table. If a surgeon **recommended**

Peptic ulcer disease is rated under DC 7304 using the 2024 criteria: 0 to 60 percent based on counted episodes of abdominal pain, nausea, or vomiting lasting th

… ges and ulcers raise the rating Stasis pigmentation (brown discoloration), eczema, and especially **ulceration** move the rating into the 40 to 60 percent rang

… ysicians; pregnancy tests or tests for sexually transmitted diseases; and statements from family members, roommates, fellow service members, or clergy. Evidence

… ion Most leg radiculopathy starts in the back. A herniated disc or degenerative changes in the lumbar spine press on the nerve root, and the leg symptoms follo

… needs a current diagnosis, an in-service event, injury, or disease, and a medical link between them (38 CFR 3.303). This is the default path when the problem s

Delaware offers a Disabled Veterans School Tax Credit that effectively eliminates the school portion of property tax for 100 percent disabled veterans, free hun

Hawaii exempts 100 percent disabled veterans from real property tax on the primary residence (county-administered, county exemptions vary), charges standard hun

New Jersey fully exempts 100 percent permanent and total disabled veterans (and their surviving spouses) from all property taxes on the primary residence, gives

Oklahoma exempts 100 percent service connected disabled veterans from all ad valorem property taxes on the primary residence and from sales tax (lifetime), give

Pennsylvania offers a Disabled Veterans' Real Estate Tax Exemption (full exemption) for veterans rated 100 percent service connected with income-based eligibili