[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 38, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 38CFR4.71]



[Page 381-383]

 

            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF

 

                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

 

PART 4_SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart B_Disability Ratings

 

Sec. 4.71  Measurement of ankylosis and joint motion.



    Plates I and II provide a standardized description of ankylosis and 

joint motion measurement. The anatomical position is considered as 

0[deg], with two major exceptions: (a) Shoulder rotation--arm abducted 

to 90[deg], elbow flexed to 90[deg] with the position of the forearm 

reflecting the midpoint 0[deg] between internal and external rotation of 

the shoulder; and (b) supination and pronation--the arm next to the 

body, elbow flexed to 90[deg], and the forearm in midposition 0[deg] 

between supination and pronation. Motion of the thumb and fingers should 

be described by appropriate reference to the joints (See Plate III) 

whose movement is limited, with a statement as to how near, in 

centimeters, the tip of the thumb can approximate the fingers, or how 

near the tips of the fingers can approximate the proximal transverse 

crease of palm.



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[29 FR 6718, May 22, 1964, as amended at 43 FR 45349, Oct. 2, 1978; 67 

FR 48785, July 26, 2002]