Peripheral Vascular Disease

(Percentage Whole Person Impairment)

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%DESCRIPTION OF LEVEL OF IMPAIRMENT

0 — The claimant experiences neither intermittent claudication nor pain at rest

5 — The claimant has no difficulty with distances but experiences ischaemic pain on climbing steps or gradients

10 — The claimant experiences claudication on walking 200 metres or more at an average walking pace on level ground

20 — The claimant experienced claudication on walking more than 100 but less than 200 metres at average pace on level ground

30 — The claimant experiences claudication on walking more than 75 but less than 100 metres at average pace on level ground

40 — The claimant experiences claudication on walking more than 50 but less than 75 metres at average pace on level ground

50 — The claimant experiences claudication on walking more than 25 but less than 50 metres at average pace on level ground

60 — The claimant experiences claudication on walking less than 25 metres at average pace on level ground

70 — The claimant experiences ischaemic pain at rest

TABLE 1.3