Body system: Neurological Conditions and Convulsive DisordersRegulation: 38 CFR § 4.124aDBQ: DBQ NEURO Peripheral Nerves
Neuritis is inflammation of your nerves that can cause pain, numbness, tingling, or weakness in the affected area. The VA rates neuritis under this code by treating it the same as paralysis, meaning they look at how much function you've lost in the affected nerve. The ratings range from 0% for mild symptoms to 20% for severe nerve damage that significantly impacts your daily activities.
Rating levels
- 20% — This 20% level applies when your neuritis of the musculocutaneous nerve amounts to severe incomplete paralysis of that nerve on your dominant (major) arm: marked loss of strength, feeling or reflexes along the nerve, usually with muscle wasting. Neuritis is rated on the same scale as incomplete paralysis of the nerve. Under 38 CFR 4.123, neuritis without organic changes (muscle wasting, lost reflexes, sensory loss) is rated no higher than moderate; with those changes, severe incomplete paralysis is the highest level, and complete paralysis is rated under the nerve's paralysis code.
- 20% — This 20% level applies when your neuritis of the musculocutaneous nerve amounts to severe incomplete paralysis of that nerve on your non-dominant (minor) arm: marked loss of strength, feeling or reflexes along the nerve, usually with muscle wasting. Neuritis is rated on the same scale as incomplete paralysis of the nerve. Under 38 CFR 4.123, neuritis without organic changes (muscle wasting, lost reflexes, sensory loss) is rated no higher than moderate; with those changes, severe incomplete paralysis is the highest level, and complete paralysis is rated under the nerve's paralysis code.
- 10% — This 10% level applies when your neuritis of the musculocutaneous nerve amounts to moderate incomplete paralysis of that nerve on your dominant (major) arm: a clear loss of strength or feeling that is more than slight. Neuritis is rated on the same scale as incomplete paralysis of the nerve. Under 38 CFR 4.123, neuritis without organic changes (muscle wasting, lost reflexes, sensory loss) is rated no higher than moderate; with those changes, severe incomplete paralysis is the highest level, and complete paralysis is rated under the nerve's paralysis code.
- 10% — This 10% level applies when your neuritis of the musculocutaneous nerve amounts to moderate incomplete paralysis of that nerve on your non-dominant (minor) arm: a clear loss of strength or feeling that is more than slight. Neuritis is rated on the same scale as incomplete paralysis of the nerve. Under 38 CFR 4.123, neuritis without organic changes (muscle wasting, lost reflexes, sensory loss) is rated no higher than moderate; with those changes, severe incomplete paralysis is the highest level, and complete paralysis is rated under the nerve's paralysis code.
- 0% — This 0% level applies when your neuritis of the musculocutaneous nerve amounts to mild incomplete paralysis of that nerve on your dominant (major) arm: symptoms that are mostly sensory, with little loss of strength. Neuritis is rated on the same scale as incomplete paralysis of the nerve. Under 38 CFR 4.123, neuritis without organic changes (muscle wasting, lost reflexes, sensory loss) is rated no higher than moderate; with those changes, severe incomplete paralysis is the highest level, and complete paralysis is rated under the nerve's paralysis code.
- 0% — This 0% level applies when your neuritis of the musculocutaneous nerve amounts to mild incomplete paralysis of that nerve on your non-dominant (minor) arm: symptoms that are mostly sensory, with little loss of strength. Neuritis is rated on the same scale as incomplete paralysis of the nerve. Under 38 CFR 4.123, neuritis without organic changes (muscle wasting, lost reflexes, sensory loss) is rated no higher than moderate; with those changes, severe incomplete paralysis is the highest level, and complete paralysis is rated under the nerve's paralysis code.