How Does the VA Determine a 0% Rating for Service Connected PTSD?

The following blog is the first 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.

Today we will look at what qualifies for a 0% rating on PTSD through the VA. If a Veteran is granted a 0% rating on Service Connected PTSD, he will likely have a high Global Assessment Functioning Scale Score, or GAF Score. (We will explain more about GAF scores in a future blog.)

Further, a Veteran with a 0% rating will likely show the following symptoms:

A mental condition has been formally diagnosed by a doctor, but symptoms are not severe enough to either to interfere with occupational and social functioning or to require continuous medication.*

*Please note that this is just a general guideline, and it is subject to change. The above illustrates a typical 0% rating.

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