Gout DC 5017

How VA rates it

The schedule allows 4 rating levels for this code: 20%, 40%, 60%, and 100%. VA picks the level whose criteria best match your symptoms and records.

Gout is rated under DC 5002 (multi-joint arthritis).

Source: 38 CFR 4.71a on eCFR. Read the full criteria there before you file.

Rating levels

The schedule rates this as DC 5002 (Multi-joint arthritis (except post-traumatic and gout), 2 or more joints, as an active process).

Related medications

Medications that can cause or worsen it

If you take one of these for a service-connected condition, this condition may be claimable as secondary to that condition. You need a diagnosis, your prescription records, and a medical opinion.

• Thiazide diuretics (for example hydrochlorothiazide, chlorthalidone, indapamide, metolazone) Established link

  Thiazide diuretics raise uric acid, and their labels warn they can bring on gout.

  Sources: FDA label: Chlorthalidone (DailyMed)

• Loop diuretics (for example furosemide, bumetanide, torsemide) Possible link

  Loop diuretics can raise uric acid, which can bring on gout.

  Sources: FDA label: Furosemide (DailyMed)

Medications prescribed for it

A prescription shows the condition was diagnosed. It still needs its own link to service.

• Gout medicines (for example allopurinol, febuxostat, colchicine, probenecid). FDA labels: Allopurinol (DailyMed)
• Indomethacin (Indocin, Tivorbex). FDA labels: Indomethacin (DailyMed)
• Naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn). FDA labels: Naproxen (DailyMed)
• Sulindac. FDA labels: Sulindac (DailyMed)