Pregnancy is another of the common causes of swollen feet and ankles. There are three reasons for this: Severe swelling of feet in pregnancy can be a sign of pre-eclampsia which is a medical emergency so always discuss it with your doctor or midwife.
visual analogue scale for pain (VAS), n a simple assessment tool consisting of a 10 cm line with 0 on one end, representing no pain, and 10 on the other, representing the worst pain ever experienced, which a patient indicates so the clinician knows the severity of his or her pain.
Diagnoses of Applicants. Veterans who apply for DI benefits after receiving a VA rating of 100% or IU are diagnosed independently by each agency. Thus, their records contain two primary diagnoses: one from VA and one from SSA. The VA's primary diagnosis reflects the impairment to which VA assigns the highest rating.