Are you living with cervical spinal stenosis?
If you want to learn more about your condition, this article is for you!
Here, we talk about cervical spinal stenosis disability rating that will help you learn more about your cervical spinal stenosis diagnosis.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis Disability Rating
Cervical spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal and/or the spinal nerve root passages in your neck.
When this narrowing occurs, your spinal cord and/or nerves may become compressed and cause symptoms such as numbness, tingling, pain, and weakness in your neck, shoulders, and extremities.
Spinal Stenosis Rating. Specifically, the VA rates spinal stenosis according to its General Rating Formula for Diseases and Injuries of the Spine, outlined below:
- 100% – unfavorable ankylosis of the entire spine
- 50% – unfavorable ankylosis of the entire thoracolumbar spine
- 40% – unfavorable ankylosis of the entire cervical spine; or, forward flexion of the thoracolumbar spine 30 degrees or less; or, favorable ankylosis of the entire thoracolumbar spine
- 30% – forward flexion of the cervical spine 15 degrees or less; or, favorable ankylosis of the entire cervical spine
- 20% – forward flexion of the thoracolumbar spine greater than 30 degrees but not greater than 60 degrees; or, forward flexion of the cervical spine greater than 15 degrees but not greater than 30 degrees; or, the combined range of motion of the thoracolumbar spine not greater than 120 degrees; or, the combined range of motion of the cervical spine not greater than 170 degrees; or, muscle spasm or guarding severe enough to result in an abnormal gait or abnormal spinal contour such as scoliosis, reversed lordosis, or abnormal kyphosis
- 10% – forward flexion of the thoracolumbar spine greater than 60 degrees but not greater than 85 degrees; or, forward flexion of the cervical spine greater than 30 degrees but not greater than 40 degrees; or, combined range of motion of the thoracolumbar spine greater than 120 degrees but not greater than 235 degrees; or, combined range of motion of the cervical spine greater than 170 degrees but not greater than 335 degrees; or, muscle spasm, guarding, or localized tenderness not resulting in abnormal gait or abnormal spinal contour; or, vertebral body fracture with loss of 50 percent or more of the height
To get a proper cervical spinal stenosis disability rating, make sure to consult the best doctor for sciatica nerve pain.
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