VA Disability Rating for Syphilis, and other treponema infections (DC 6310)

Body system: Infectious Diseases, Immune Disorders, and Nutritional DeficienciesRegulation: 38 CFR § 4.88bDBQ: DBQ INFECT Infectious Disease (Other than HIV-related illness, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Tuberculosis)

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by treponema bacteria. Code 6310 has no percentage ladder of its own. The VA rates the lasting damage (residual disability) the infection causes, under the body system affected. The regulation names diseases of the nervous system, the vascular system, the eyes, and the ears, and points to DC 7004 (syphilitic heart disease), DCs 8013, 8014 and 8015 (syphilis of the brain and spinal cord), and DC 9301 (neurocognitive disorder due to infection).

Rating levels

  • Note — Syphilis (and related treponema infections such as yaws, pinta, and bejel) is a bacterial infection that can affect almost any body system, especially in late stages. The VA rates whatever residuals remain — neurological (under DC 8013–8015), cardiovascular, ocular, or cutaneous — under 38 CFR § 4.88b.

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