VA Disability Rating for Arm, limitation of motion of (DC 5201)

Rating levels

• 40% — You can only lift your arm forward or out to the side a maximum of 25 degrees from your body. This means your arm movement is severely restricted - you can barely raise your arm away from hanging straight down at your side, making it extremely difficult to reach for objects, dress yourself, or perform most daily activities that require arm movement.
• 30% — Your arm can only move forward or lift out to the side a maximum of 25 degrees from your body. This means you have severely limited shoulder movement - you can barely lift your arm away from your side (abduction) or bend it forward at the shoulder (flexion), with normal range being much greater.
• 30% — You can only lift your arm halfway between hanging at your side and reaching shoulder height, whether you're lifting it forward (flexion) or out to the side (abduction). This means your arm movement is limited to just 45 degrees in these directions, which is one quarter of the normal 180 degrees.
• 20% — You can only lift your arm about halfway up to shoulder level, whether raising it straight out to the side or forward in front of you. Your arm movement is limited to 45 degrees (flexion means bending forward, abduction means moving away from your body), so you cannot reach shoulder height or above.
• 20% — You can only lift your arm up to shoulder height - about 90 degrees - either when raising it forward (flexion) or out to the side (abduction). This means you cannot reach above shoulder level, like reaching up to a high shelf or raising your hand fully overhead.
• 20% — You can only lift your arm up to shoulder height - about 90 degrees - either when raising it forward (flexion) or out to the side (abduction). This means you cannot reach above shoulder level, like reaching up to a high shelf or raising your hand fully overhead.