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Friday, September 9, 2011

How does the VA Determine a 30% Rating for Service Connected PTSD?



The following blog is the third in a series of blogs describing the VA Departments criteria for rating PTSD Service Connection. As we mentioned in our previous blog:
PTSD is a disorder that the VA can grant a Veteran between zero and one hundred percent for service connected compensation. Unlike some issues that peak at ten percent, or thirty percent, a Veteran can get service connected compensation up to one hundred percent for PTSD.

The following symptoms are what a Veteran who was granted 30% service connection would likely suffer from: 

Occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks (although generally functioning satisfactorily, with routine behavior, self-care, and conversation normal), due to such symptoms as: depressed mood, anxiety, panic attacks (weekly or less often), chronic sleep impairment, mild memory loss (such as forgetting names, directions, recent events).

When a Veteran has service connected PTSD that is granted at 30%, he is likely to have a GAF score that is in nearing the middle range of the scale. As we noted before, in most cases, the lower the score, the more severe the PTSD.

*Please note that this is just a general guideline, and it is subject to change. The above illustrates a typical 30% rating.
If you are interested in filing a claim for PTSD in relation to VA Disability Compensation, or if you have been denied, and would like the help of an attorney to file in appeal, call our offices at 1-877-526-3457. Find out more information at our website, www.fight4vets.com

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