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Note 1: Natural menopause, primary amenorrhea, and
pregnancy and childbirth are not disabilities for rating
purposes. Chronic residuals of medical or surgical
complications of pregnancy may be disabilities for rating
purposes.
Note 2: When evaluating any claim involving loss or loss of
use of one or more creative organs or anatomical loss of
one or both breasts, refer to Sec. 3.350 of this chapter
to determine whether the veteran may be entitled to
special monthly compensation. Footnotes in the schedule
indicate conditions which potentially establish
entitlement to special monthly compensation; however,
almost any condition in this section might, under certain
circumstances, establish entitlement to special monthly
compensation.7610 Vulva, disease or injury of (including vulvovaginitis).7611 Vagina, disease or injury of.7612 Cervix, disease or injury of.7613 Uterus, disease, injury, or adhesions of.7614 Fallopian tube, disease, injury, or adhesions of
(including pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)).7615 Ovary, disease, injury, or adhesions of.General Rating Formula for Disease, Injury, or Adhesions of
Female Reproductive Organs (diagnostic codes 7610 through
7615):
Symptoms not controlled by continuous treatment............ 30
Symptoms that require continuous treatment................. 10
Symptoms that do not require continuous treatment.......... 07617 Uterus and both ovaries, removal of, complete:
For three months after removal............................. \1\ 100
Thereafter................................................. \1\ 507618 Uterus, removal of, including corpus:
For three months after removal............................. \1\ 100
Thereafter................................................. \1\ 307619 Ovary, removal of:
For three months after removal............................. \1\ 100
Thereafter:
Complete removal of both ovaries....................... \1\ 30
Removal of one with or without partial removal of the \1\ 0
other.................................................7620 Ovaries, atrophy of both, complete........................ \1\ 207621 Uterus, prolapse:
Complete, through vagina and introitus..................... 50
Incomplete................................................. 307622 Uterus, displacement of:
With marked displacement and frequent or continuous 30
menstrual disturbances....................................
With adhesions and irregular menstruation.................. 107623 Pregnancy, surgical complications of:
With rectocele or cystocele................................ 50
With relaxation of perineum................................ 107624 Fistula, rectovaginal:
Vaginal fecal leakage at least once a day requiring wearing 100
of pad....................................................
Vaginal fecal leakage four or more times per week, but less 60
than daily, requiring wearing of pad......................
Vaginal fecal leakage one to three times per week requiring 30
wearing of pad............................................
Vaginal fecal leakage less than once a week................ 10
Without leakage............................................ 07625 Fistula, urethrovaginal:
Multiple urethrovaginal fistulae........................... 100
Requiring the use of an appliance or the wearing of 60
absorbent materials which must be changed more than four
times per day.............................................
Requiring the wearing of absorbent materials which must be 40
changed two to four times per day.........................
Requiring the wearing of absorbent materials which must be 20
changed less than two times per day.......................7626 Breast, surgery of:
Following radical mastectomy:
Both................................................... \1\80
One.................................................... \1\50
Following modified radical mastectomy:
Both................................................... \1\60
One.................................................... \1\40
Following simple mastectomy or wide local excision with
significant alteration of size or form:
Both................................................... \1\50
One.................................................... \1\30
Following wide local excision without significant
alteration of size or form:
Both or one............................................ 0
Note: For VA purposes:
(1) Radical mastectomy means removal of the entire
breast, underlying pectoral muscles, and regional
lymph nodes up to the coracoclavicular ligament.......
(2) Modified radical mastectomy means removal of the
entire breast and axillary lymph nodes (in continuity
with the breast). Pectoral muscles are left intact....
(3) Simple (or total) mastectomy means removal of all
of the breast tissue, nipple, and a small portion of
the overlying skin, but lymph nodes and muscles are
left intact...........................................
(4) Wide local excision (including partial mastectomy,
lumpectomy, tylectomy, segmentectomy, and
quadrantectomy) means removal of a portion of the
breast tissue.........................................7627 Malignant neoplasms of gynecological system or breast..... 100
Note: A rating of 100 percent shall continue beyond the
cessation of any surgical, X-ray, antineoplastic
chemotherapy or other therapeutic procedure. Six months
after discontinuance of such treatment, the appropriate
disability rating shall be determined by mandatory VA
examination. Any change in evaluation based upon that or
any subsequent examination shall be subject to the
provisions of Sec. 3.105(e) of this chapter. If there
has been no local recurrence or metastasis, rate on
residuals.7628 Benign neoplasms of the gynecological system or breast.
Rate according to impairment in function of the urinary or
gynecological systems, or skin.7629 Endometriosis:
Lesions involving bowel or bladder confirmed by 50
laparoscopy, pelvic pain or heavy or irregular bleeding
not controlled by treatment, and bowel or bladder symptoms
Pelvic pain or heavy or irregular bleeding not controlled 30
by treatment..............................................
Pelvic pain or heavy or irregular bleeding requiring 10
continuous treatment for control..........................
Note: Diagnosis of endometriosis must be substantiated by
laparoscopy.------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Review for entitlement to special monthly compensation under Sec.
3.350 of this chapter. [60 FR 19855, Apr. 21, 1995, as amended at 67 FR 6874, Feb. 14, 2002; 67 FR 37695, May 30, 2002]
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