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70percent (major arm, complete paralysis)
For complete median nerve paralysis with the signs the schedule lists, the VA rating is 70 percent for the major arm and 60 percent for the minor arm.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“flexion of wrist weakened; pain with trophic disturbances 70 60”
38 CFR 4.124a: Schedule of ratings for peripheral nerve conditions, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute, n.d., Table under Diagnostic Code 8515, median nerve.
Open the original- What it measures
- Complete paralysis is rated only when the listed signs are present, such as an ape hand deformity or the inability to make a fist.
- What it does not show
- The schedule's full list of signs is long. A rating depends on those signs and on medical evidence, not on the diagnosis.