VA Diagnostic Code 7610Vulva or clitoris, disease or injury of (including vulvovaginitis)

VA Disability Rating: Disease or Injury of the Vulva or Clitoris (Diagnostic Code 7610)

Body System: Gynecological Conditions and Disorders of the Breast • Governed by 38 CFR § 4.116

What This Condition Is

Diagnostic Code 7610 covers disease or injury of the vulva or clitoris, including vulvovaginitis. It is one of several conditions of the female reproductive organs that the VA evaluates.

Because this condition falls under the General Rating Formula for Disease, Injury, or Adhesions of Female Reproductive Organs (diagnostic codes 7610 through 7615), the VA uses a shared framework to assign a rating based on your symptoms and the treatment they require.

How the VA Rates It

Under the general rating formula, ratings are based on whether your symptoms require ongoing treatment and how well they are controlled:

What the VA Looks For

When evaluating a condition under this formula, the VA focuses on:

• Whether your symptoms require continuous treatment. A condition managed without ongoing treatment is generally evaluated at the 0% level.
• Whether continuous treatment is needed to manage symptoms. Symptoms that require continuous treatment fall at the 10% level.
• Whether symptoms remain uncontrolled despite continuous treatment. When continuous treatment does not control the symptoms, the condition may be evaluated at the 30% level.

Important Note

• Ovarian dysfunction is rated separately. For VA disability evaluation purposes, a disease, injury, or adhesions of the ovaries resulting in ovarian dysfunction that affects the menstrual cycle — such as dysmenorrhea and secondary amenorrhea — is rated under diagnostic code 7615.

Related Rating Criteria Within § 4.116

The regulation section for gynecological conditions and disorders of the breast also includes rating criteria for related conditions, which are evaluated under their own diagnostic codes:

Pelvic organ prolapse (DC 7621)

• 10% — Complete or incomplete pelvic organ prolapse due to injury, disease, or surgical complications of pregnancy

Vaginal fecal leakage

• 100% — Vaginal fecal leakage at least once a day requiring wearing of a pad
• 60% — Vaginal fecal leakage four or more times per week, but less than daily, requiring wearing of a pad
• 30% — Vaginal fecal leakage one to three times per week requiring wearing of a pad
• 10% — Vaginal fecal leakage less than once a week
• 0% — Without leakage

Urethrovaginal fistulae / absorbent material use

• 100% — Multiple urethrovaginal fistulae
• 60% — Requiring the use of an appliance or the wearing of absorbent materials which must be changed more than four times per day
• 40% — Requiring the wearing of absorbent materials which must be changed two to four times per day
• 20% — Requiring the wearing of absorbent materials which must be changed less than two times per day
• 0% — Both or one

Malignant neoplasms of the gynecological system (DC 7627)

• 100% — Malignant neoplasms of the gynecological system

Lesions with pelvic pain or bleeding

• 50% — Lesions involving bowel or bladder confirmed by laparoscopy, pelvic pain or heavy or irregular bleeding not controlled by treatment, and bowel or bladder symptoms
• 30% — Pelvic pain or heavy or irregular bleeding not controlled by treatment
• 10% — Pelvic pain or heavy or irregular bleeding requiring continuous treatment for control

Malignant neoplasms of the breast (DC 7630)

• 100% — Malignant neoplasms of the breast

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This information summarizes the VA rating schedule criteria for Diagnostic Code 7610 and related criteria under 38 CFR § 4.116. It is provided for general educational purposes only.