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Appendix B Federal Regulations Related to VA Compensation of PTSD and Other Mental Disorders
Pages 215-220

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From page 215...
... (b) If the diagnosis of a mental disorder is changed, the rating agency shall determine whether the new diagnosis represents progression of the prior diagnosis, correction of an error in the prior diagnosis, or development of a new and separate condition.
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From page 216...
... 8, 1996] § 4.128 Convalescence ratings following extended hospitalization If a mental disorder has been assigned a total evaluation due to a continuous period of hospitalization lasting six months or more, the rating agency shall continue the total evaluation indefinitely and schedule a mandatory examination six months after the veteran is discharged or released to nonbed care.
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From page 217...
... The schedule for rating for mental disorders is set forth as follows: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -9201 Schizophrenia, disorganized type 9202 Schizophrenia, catatonic type 9203 Schizophrenia, paranoid type 9204 Schizophrenia, undifferentiated type 9205 Schizophrenia, residual type; other and unspecified types 9208 Delusional disorder 9210 Psychotic disorder, not otherwise specified (atypical psychosis) 9211 Schizoaffective disorder -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -9300 Delirium 9301 Dementia due to infection (HIV infection, syphilis, or other systemic or intracranial infections)
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From page 218...
... ; disorientation to time or place; memory loss for names of close relatives, own occupation, or own name
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From page 219...
... ; inability to establish and maintain effective relationships Occupational and social impairment with reduced 50 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 Occupational and social impairment with occasional 30 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)
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... 0 PTSD COMPENSATION AND MILITARY SERVICE Occupational and social impairment due to mild or 10 transient symptoms which decrease work efficiency and ability to perform occupational tasks only during periods of significant stress, or; symptoms controlled by continuous medication A mental condition has been formally diagnosed, but 0 symptoms are not severe enough either to interfere with occupational and social functioning or to require continuous medication -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -(Authority: 38 U.S.C.
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Key Terms

  • rating agency
  • mental disorder
  • social impairment
  • rating formula
  • otherwise specified

  • panic attacks
  • dementia due
  • total evaluation
  • military service
  • occupational tasks

  • diagnosis represents
  • six months
  • memory loss
  • perform occupational
  • work efficiency

  • prior diagnosis
  • medical conditions
  • social relationships
  • highly learned
  • productivity due

  • effective relationships
  • stressful event
  • maintain effective
  • continuous period
  • maintaining effective

  • lasting six
  • examination six
  • highly stressful
  • complex commands
  • change due


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