Osteomyelitis, acute, subacute, or chronic
VA disability rating criteria for Osteomyelitis, acute, subacute, or chronic under Diagnostic Code 5000. The VA assigns ratings of 10%, 20%, 30%, 60%, 100% based on the severity and functional impact of your condition.
Rating Criteria
Inactive, following repeated episodes, without evidence of active infection in past 5 years
With discharging sinus or other evidence of active infection within the past 5 years
With definite involucrum or sequestrum, with or without discharging sinus
Frequent episodes, with constitutional symptoms
Of the pelvis, vertebrae, or extending into major joints, or with multiple localization or with long history of intractability and debility, anemia, amyloid liver changes, or other continuous constitutional symptoms
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