Veterans Disability Conditions
The VA determines a disability rating after reviewing your service treatment records (“STR”), findings of a C&P examination, and any other evidence submitted in support of your claim. You may have one or more symptoms in a higher disability rating but still receive a lower rating that reflects where most of your symptoms are present. If you have multiple injuries, disability ratings are added together.
How Disability Ratings Work
The VA determines a disability rating after reviewing your service treatment records (“STR”), findings of a C&P examination, and any other evidence submitted in support of your claim. You may have one or more symptoms in a higher disability rating but still receive a lower rating that reflects where most of your symptoms are present. If you have multiple injuries, disability ratings are added together.
How does the VA rate mental health disorders?
The VA rates mental health disorders based on the level of social and occupational impairment. Mental health conditions are rated at percentages of 0, 10, 30, 50, 70 or 100. A higher percentage means the condition has a greater impact on different aspects of your life.
The symptoms listed for each percentage are merely examples of the types and levels of impairment commonly found at the assigned percentage rating.
Not all psychiatric disorders qualify for service-connection. Eligible mental health conditions include the following: anxiety/panic disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychotic disorders, cognitive disorders, eating disorders, mood disorders, residuals of traumatic brain injuries. The following are examples of some of the psychiatric conditions the VA does not consider eligible for service connection: personality disorders, substance use disorders, impulse control disorder, cognitive delays and development disabilities,
List of VA Disability Conditions
- Hearing Loss/Tinnitus
- Loss of range of motion
- Cancer
- Chronic conditions
- Respiratory Issues such as asthma, sleep apnea, bronchitis, sinusitis and rhinitis, COPD
- Ulcers
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Post traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Mental Health conditions such as depression, anxiety, adjustment disorder
- Military Sexual Trauma (MST)
- Arthritis
- Back pain
- Neck pain
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Hypertension
- Joint Disorder
- Knee pain
- Migraines
- Rheumatoid arthritis
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