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Hello, does anyone know what "orthostatic hypertension" ICD-9 458.0

I have a member that was diagnosed with this, has been through a med board and being PEB'd. I can't locate it. Does this mean it does not rate a disqualifing rating percentage? What does anyone think the likely outcome will be based on diagnosis alone.

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Orthostatic hypotension (also known as postural hypotension[1], and, colloquially, as head rush or a dizzy spell and to some people "the elevator effect") is a form of hypotension in which a person's blood pressure suddenly falls when the person stands up. The decrease is typically greater than 20/10 mm Hg,[2] and may be most pronounced after resting.

[ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthostatic_hypotension]Orthostatic hypotension - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

Glade your looking out for your troops, however with just a diagnoses, its hard to determine any outcome.
 
You probably mean "hypotenstion," not "hypertension."

The real answer depends on the symptoms experienced by the member. In the case I am linking to, the veteran was rated by analogy under Diagnostic Code 6204 for peripheral vestibular disorders.

http://www.va.gov/vetapp08/files3/0821278.txt
 
Thank you, it is what I needed. I would have assumed it would be cardio vascular, and oh your right I did mean to say Hypo not Hyper. It's weird that it is under the ear seciton.
 
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