Mental Health

Adjustment disorder is rated under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders, the same scale used for PTSD and depression.

Agoraphobia (specific phobia of leaving home or being in public) is rated under 38 CFR 4.130 using the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders at 0 to 100 percent.

Anxiety disorders are rated under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders.

ADHD is rated under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders when service connected, typically as secondary to TBI or another service connected mental health condition.

Bipolar disorder is rated under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders, from 0 to 100 percent, based on the overall functional impact of the symptoms.

Borderline personality disorder is rated under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders only when secondary to a service connected mental health condition.

Chronic insomnia is rated under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders when service connected as a primary or secondary condition.

Conversion disorder is rated under 38 CFR 4.130 General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders at 0 to 100 percent based on the severity of functional impairment.

Cyclothymic disorder is rated under diagnostic code 9431 using the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders, 0 to 100 percent based on occupational and social impairment from the chronic mood cycling.

Delusional disorder is rated under diagnostic code 9208 using the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders, 0 to 100 percent based on occupational and social impairment. As a psychosis under 38 CFR 3.384, it carries the one year presumption after separation and the former POW presumption.

Depersonalization-derealization disorder is rated under 38 CFR 4.130 General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders at 0 to 100 percent.

Depression secondary to a service connected condition is rated under the same General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders.

Major depressive disorder is rated under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders, from 0 to 100 percent.

Dissociative disorder is rated under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders, the same scale used for PTSD and depression.

Eating disorder is rated under diagnostic code 9521 at 0, 10, 30, 60, or 100 percent based on the type and frequency of incapacitating episodes and weight management.

Illness anxiety disorder is rated under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders, 0 to 100 percent based on occupational and social impairment from the preoccupation with having or acquiring serious illness.

Major neurocognitive disorder due to another medical condition or substance or medication induced (diagnostic code 9326) is rated under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders at 0 to 100 percent based on occupational and social impairment. Dementia tied to TBI, stroke, or another service connected condition is rated here or under the TBI residual framework, whichever fits.

OCD is rated under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders, the same scale used for PTSD and depression.

When PMDD aggravates or is caused by a service connected mental health condition, it can be rated under 38 CFR 4.130 with consideration of 38 CFR 3.310 secondary service connection.

PTSD is rated under 38 CFR 4.130 using the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders. Ratings step from 0 to 100 percent based on how much your symptoms affect work and daily life.

Panic disorder is rated under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders.

Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) is rated under 38 CFR 4.130 General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders at 0 to 100 percent.

PMDD is rated under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders (38 CFR 4.130), generally under diagnostic code 9410, at 0, 10, 30, 50, 70, or 100 percent based on social and occupational impairment.

Psychotic disorders are rated under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders at 0, 10, 30, 50, 70, or 100 percent based on occupational and social impairment. Psychosis is presumptive for former prisoners of war, presumptive for any veteran when it appears within one year of separation, and 38 USC 1702 separately deems psychosis active during certain wartime service for treatment purposes.

Schizophrenia is rated under diagnostic code 9201 using the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders, from 0 to 100 percent, based on the overall functional impact of the symptoms. The old subtype codes, including 9203 for paranoid schizophrenia, were removed in 2014 when VA adopted DSM-5, and all schizophrenia is now rated under the single 9201 code.

Social anxiety disorder is rated under 38 CFR 4.130 General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders at 0 to 100 percent based on functional impairment.

Somatic symptom disorder is rated under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders.

Substance use disorder may be service connected as secondary to a service connected mental health condition such as PTSD, and rated under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders.