Arthritis due to Trauma (Traumatic Arthritis)
VA disability rating criteria for Arthritis due to Trauma (Traumatic Arthritis) under Diagnostic Code 5010. The VA assigns ratings of 10%, 20% based on the severity and functional impact of your condition.
Rating Criteria
Traumatic arthritis with X-ray evidence of arthritis: with occasional painful episodes and no more than slight limitation of motion; or established by X-ray findings, with at least one-half inch or more shortening of the affected extremity.
Note: Rated the same as DC 5003 (degenerative arthritis). X-ray evidence required. Minor joints rated under limitation of motion codes.
Traumatic arthritis of two or more major joints, or two or more minor joint groups, with X-ray evidence and with occasional incapacitating exacerbations.
Note: May be rated by analogy to the most applicable specific joint code.
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