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DC 8514Neurological Conditions38 CFR § 4.124a

Paralysis of

VA disability rating criteria for Paralysis of under Diagnostic Code 8514. The VA assigns ratings of 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70% based on the severity and functional impact of your condition.

Rating Criteria

20%Disability Rating

Moderate; 30

30%Disability Rating

Moderate; 20

40%Disability Rating

Severe; 50

50%Disability Rating

Severe; 40

60%Disability Rating

Complete; drop of hand and fingers, wrist and fingers perpetually flexed, the thumb adducted falling within the line of the outer border of the index finger; can not extend hand at wrist, extend proximal phalanges of fingers, extend thumb, or make lateral movement of wrist; supination of hand, extension and flexion of elbow weakened, the loss of synergic motion of extensors impairs the hand grip seriously; total paralysis of the triceps occurs only as the greatest rarity; 70

70%Disability Rating

Complete; drop of hand and fingers, wrist and fingers perpetually flexed, the thumb adducted falling within the line of the outer border of the index finger; can not extend hand at wrist, extend proximal phalanges of fingers, extend thumb, or make lateral movement of wrist; supination of hand, extension and flexion of elbow weakened, the loss of synergic motion of extensors impairs the hand grip seriously; total paralysis of the triceps occurs only as the greatest rarity; 60

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