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CLINICIAN’S GUIDE MARCH 2002 Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 PREFACE 4 Chapter 1 – INTRODUCTION TO COMPENSATION AND PENSION 5 Worksheet – Aid and Attendance or Housebound Examination 16 Worksheet – General Medical Examination 18 Chapter 2 – DISEASES OF THE SKIN INCLUDING SCARS 22 Worksheet – Skin Diseases Other Than Scars 28 Worksheet – Scars 29 Chapter 3 – BIRTH DEFECTS IN CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS 30 SECTION I: Children with spina bifida who are the children of Vietnam veterans 30 SECTION II: Children with birth defects who are the children of women Vietnam veterans 32 Chapter 4 – EYE 34 Worksheet – Eye Examination 39 Chapter 5 – EAR, MOUTH, NOSE AND THROAT 42 Worksheet – Audio 57 Worksheet – Dental and Oral 59 Worksheet – Ear Disease 60 Worksheet – Mouth, Lips and Tongue 62 Worksheet – Nose, Sinus, Larynx, and Pharynx 63 Worksheet – Sense of Smell and Taste 64 Chapter 6 – RESPIRATORY 65 Worksheet – Respiratory Obstructive, Restrictive, and Interstitial 71 Worksheet – Respiratory Diseases, Miscellaneous 73 Worksheet – Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Mycobacterial Diseases 75 Chapter 7 – CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 77 Worksheet – Arrhythmias 88 Worksheet – Arteries, Veins, and Miscellaneous 90 Worksheet – Heart 93 Worksheet – Hypertension 95 Chapter 8 – DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM 96 SECTION I: ESOPHAGUS 96 SECTION II: STOMACH 101 SECTION III: INTESTINE 103 SECTION IV: RECTUM AND ANUS 107 SECTION V: ALIMENTARY APPENDAGES 110 Worksheet – Esophagus and Hiatal Hernia 115 Worksheet – Digestive Conditions, Miscellaneous 116 Worksheet – Intestines Large and Small 117 Worksheet – Liver, Gall Bladder, and Pancreas 118 Worksheet – Rectum and Anus 120 Worksheet – Stomach, Duodenum, and Peritoneal Adhesions 121 Chapter 9 – GENITOURINARY SYSTEM 122 Worksheet – Genitourinary Examination 126 Chapter 10 – GYNECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND DISORDERS OF THE BREAST 128 Worksheet – Gynecological Conditions and Disorders of the Breast 133 Chapter 11 – MUSCULOSKELETAL 135 Wo