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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 affec

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Obstructive sleep apnea is rated under 38 CFR 4.97, DC 6847, at 0, 30, 50, or 100 percent, most notably 50 percent when a breathing-assistance device such as CP

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Bruxism does not have its own diagnostic code. It is most commonly rated under code 9905 (TMJ) when it causes TMJ residuals, or as secondary to a service connec

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

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

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

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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 impair

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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 For

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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 p

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

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

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PTSD is rated under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders, from 0 to 100 percent based on occupational and social impairment. Here is each level, why

Most PTSD claims are won or lost on the stressor. This playbook matches each stressor type to its evidence rule (combat, fear of hostile activity, POW, MST mark

Obstructive sleep apnea and PTSD travel together far more often than chance explains. A 2015 VA and UCSD study found about 69 percent of younger veterans with P

… ll be service connected. The calendar is not the test. When PTSD, anxiety, or the medications treating them cause or worsen GERD, the claim travels as a seconda

An Other Than Honorable discharge does not always bar VA benefits. Under 38 CFR 3.12, VA reviews the underlying conduct and may find it was not disqualifying. T

Every PTSD, depression, anxiety, bipolar, schizophrenia, and other mental disorder claim uses the same six-rung ladder: 0, 10, 30, 50, 70, 100. Here is what eac

Sleep apnea is rated under DC 6847, and a required CPAP generally means 50 percent. Here is the rating breakdown, how to get it service connected directly or se

… o a judge, especially for credibility-dependent claims like PTSD, lay-evidence-heavy cases, or complicated dependency facts? Hearing. ## The Board's authority

… k here. ## MST claims follow different evidence rules For PTSD claims based on in service personal assault, including military sexual trauma, VA accepts evide

… s** (DC 7820 if disfiguring) - **Psychological residuals** (PTSD from the underlying combat event) For each, the path is [secondary service connection under 38

… n a layperson can. ## Illustrative example A veteran with PTSD was first rated 50 percent in 2005, increased to 70 percent in 2010, and increased to 100 perce

… t any DBQ can be completed privately: the mental health and PTSD forms are exam-only, and a purchased one will not be used. The second is that a completed DBQ f

… onditions and their treatment, and the medications used for PTSD, depression, and chronic pain. Documenting the link between the service connected condition or

… nd the secondary one together, for example `sleep apnea AND PTSD` or `tinnitus AND noise exposure`. - **Use AND and OR.** `AND` narrows (both terms must appear)

… y-evidence-personal-statements) - [Sleep apnea secondary to PTSD](/education/sleep-apnea-secondary-to-ptsd) - [Building Your Evidence: What VA Looks For and How

… xiety rarely travels alone. If you also carry depression or PTSD, VA assigns a single rating for the combined impairment from all mental health conditions, beca

… e rating covers all mental health diagnoses.** Bipolar plus PTSD or anxiety is a single evaluation for the combined impairment (38 CFR 4.14). - **A 70 percent r

… ing. Ask for the numbers. - **TMJ secondary to bruxism from PTSD or anxiety** is a recognized secondary path under 38 CFR 3.310. - **Even a 0 percent dental rat

… oses If you have depression and anxiety, or depression and PTSD, VA assigns a single rating covering the overall impairment from all mental health conditions t

… ice-connected joint and back conditions, and reflux tied to PTSD and the medications that treat it. That theory has its own walkthrough on this site, linked bel

… secondary to service-connected sleep apnea, kidney disease, PTSD, or diabetes. There is also a presumptive route: the PACT Act added hypertension to the conditi

… lationship between IBS and mental health conditions such as PTSD and anxiety is well documented in the medical literature, and long-term NSAID or antibiotic use

… me 0 to 100 percent scale used for depression, anxiety, and PTSD. That placement matters because the formula's 30 percent level lists **chronic sleep impairment

… l problems carry a mental disorder diagnosis** (depression, PTSD, and others), VA rates them under the mental disorders formula in 38 CFR 4.130 instead of the f

… on guide](/conditions/tinnitus) - [Sleep apnea secondary to PTSD](/education/sleep-apnea-secondary-to-ptsd) - [Building your evidence: what VA looks for and how