[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR4.71]

[Page 379-381]
 
            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]