Body system: Musculoskeletal SystemRegulation: 38 CFR § 4.71aDBQ: DBQ MUSC Shoulder and arm
DC 5203 covers impairment of the clavicle (collarbone) or scapula (shoulder blade). The VA rates dislocation, or nonunion with loose movement, at 20%, and nonunion without loose movement or malunion at 10%, for either arm (38 CFR 4.71a); or, instead, it rates the impairment of function of the neighboring joint.
Rating levels
- 20% — Your collarbone (clavicle) or shoulder blade (scapula) has been knocked out of its normal position and stays that way. This means the bone is permanently displaced from where it should normally sit, not just temporarily injured or fractured.
- 20% — Your collarbone (clavicle) or shoulder blade (scapula) has been knocked out of its normal position and stays that way. This means the bone is permanently displaced from where it should normally sit, not just temporarily injured or fractured.
- 20% — Your clavicle (collarbone) or scapula (shoulder blade) broke but the bone pieces never properly healed back together (nonunion), and now they move around loosely when you use your arm or shoulder. This creates ongoing instability and abnormal movement in the bone that should be solid and fixed in place.
- 20% — Your clavicle (collarbone) or scapula (shoulder blade) broke but the bone pieces never properly healed back together (nonunion), and now they move around loosely when you use your arm or shoulder. This creates ongoing instability and abnormal movement in the bone that should be solid and fixed in place.
- 10% — Your collarbone (clavicle) or shoulder blade (scapula) has a nonunion, which means a broken bone that has healed incorrectly and the bone pieces never properly fused back together. However, the broken bone pieces are stable and don't move around loosely when you use your arm or shoulder.
- 10% — Your collarbone (clavicle) or shoulder blade (scapula) has a nonunion, which means a broken bone that has healed incorrectly and the bone pieces never properly fused back together. However, the broken bone pieces are stable and don't move around loosely when you use your arm or shoulder.
- 10% — A broken collarbone (clavicle) or shoulder blade (scapula) that healed in the wrong position (malunion), leaving a visible deformity or ongoing pain or weakness. A fracture that failed to heal at all (nonunion) is rated under the levels above.
- 10% — A broken collarbone (clavicle) or shoulder blade (scapula) that healed in the wrong position (malunion), leaving a visible deformity or ongoing pain or weakness. A fracture that failed to heal at all (nonunion) is rated under the levels above.