May 19, 2010

I Am Rated 30% Service-Connected Disability for PTSD Due to Combat

38 C.F.R. § 4.130, DC 9411 GENERAL RATING FORMULA FOR MENTAL DISORDERS:

30% Service-Connected PTSD (Vietnam Veterans of America),
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, suspiciousness, panic attacks (weekly or less often), chronic sleep impairment, mild memory loss (such as forgetting names, directions, recent events).
50% Service-connected PTSD
Occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity due to such symptoms as: flattened affect; circumstantial, circumlocutory, or stereotyped speech; panic attacks more than once a week; difficulty in understanding complex commands; impairment of short- and long-term memory (e.g., retention of only highly learned material, forgetting to complete tasks); impaired judgment; impaired abstract thinking; disturbances of motivation and mood; difficulty in establishing and maintaining Effective work and social relationships
But I swear to God that I am right in the middle of 50% range of hell.

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