VA Disability Rating for Neuritis of ninth cranial nerve (DC 8309)

Rating levels

• 20% — This 20% level applies when your neuritis of the ninth (glossopharyngeal) cranial nerve amounts to severe incomplete paralysis of that nerve: marked loss of its function, usually with wasting of the muscles it supplies. Neuritis is rated on the same scale as incomplete paralysis of the nerve (38 CFR 4.123); without organic changes it is rated no higher than moderate. Complete paralysis is rated under the nerve's paralysis code, DC 8209.
• 10% — This 10% level applies when your neuritis of the ninth (glossopharyngeal) cranial nerve amounts to moderate incomplete paralysis of that nerve: a clear but partial loss of its function. Neuritis is rated on the same scale as incomplete paralysis of the nerve (38 CFR 4.123); without organic changes it is rated no higher than moderate. Complete paralysis is rated under the nerve's paralysis code, DC 8209.