DC 7120: Varicose Veins are veins that swell and have trouble moving blood in the right direction; they occasionally are painful.
<aside> 🎶 A Note to Diagnostic Code 7120 provides that these ratings are for involvement of a single extremity. If more than one extremity is involved, each extremity is to be rated separately and combined (under 38 C.F.R. § 4.25) using the bilateral factor (38 C.F.R. § 4.26) if applicable. 38 C.F.R. § 4.104.
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| 100% | severe swelling to the extent that the limb is stiff like a board and there is constant pain at rest or with findings of massive board-like edema with constant pain at rest |
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| 60% | persistent swelling or a hardened bump under the skin, skin discoloration or itchy rashes, and an open skin wound that won’t heal, or |
▪ persistent edema or subcutaneous induration, **and**
▪ stasis pigmentation or eczema, **and**
▪ persistent ulceration |
| 40% | persistent swelling and skin discoloration or itchy rashes whether or not there is an open wound, or persistent edema and stasis pigmentation or eczema, with or without intermittent ulceration | | 20% | persistent swelling that cannot be relieved by elevating the affected part whether or not skin discoloration or rashes are present, or with findings of persistent edema, incompletely relieved by elevation of extremity, with or without beginning stasis pigmentation or eczema | | 10% | occasional swelling or aching after prolonged use but the symptoms are relieved by rest, elevation or compression, or with findings of intermittent edema of extremity or aching and fatigue in leg after prolonged standing or walking, with symptoms relieved by elevation of extremity or compression hosiery | | 0% | Asymptomatic palpable or visible varicose veins |