VA Claim Guides by Condition

The complete, sourced guide to a VA disability claim for each condition. How the VA rates it, the evidence the VA looks for, common secondary conditions, and the free tools to estimate your rating. Informational only. Not medical or legal advice.

• VA Disability for PTSDPTSD is one of the most common — and most under-rated — VA disability claims. It is evaluated on how much it impairs your work and social life, and it drives several frequently missed secondary conditions.
• VA Disability for Diabetes (Type 2)Service-connected Type 2 diabetes is rated on the treatment it requires, and it opens a well-recognized set of secondary complications that are regularly granted on a nexus opinion.
• VA Disability for TinnitusTinnitus is the most-claimed VA disability. It carries a single 10% rating, but it frequently supports secondary mental-health and headache claims that add to your combined rating.
• VA Disability for Hearing LossHearing loss is rated mechanically from an audiogram — not from symptoms — so the right evidence is everything. It very often accompanies tinnitus, which is separately ratable.
• VA Disability for Lower Back (Lumbar)Lumbar-spine conditions are rated mainly on your range of motion, and they frequently radiate nerve pain into the legs — a separately ratable secondary that veterans often miss.
• VA Disability for Cervical Spine (Neck)Neck (cervical-spine) conditions are rated on range of motion under the same spine formula as the back, and they frequently radiate nerve pain into the arms — a separately ratable secondary.
• VA Disability for MigrainesMigraines are rated on how often they cause prostrating attacks and how much they disrupt your ability to work. They're also one of the most common secondary claims off tinnitus, a neck condition, or a mental-health condition.
• VA Disability for Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)Hypertension is rated on your blood-pressure readings and whether you need continuous medication. It's frequently claimed as secondary to a mental-health condition, sleep apnea, or diabetes — and it can in turn drive secondary kidney disease.
• VA Disability for Flat Feet (Pes Planus)Flat feet (pes planus) are rated on the severity of the deformity and your symptoms, and whether the condition is in one or both feet. Painful flat feet alter your gait and frequently lead to separately ratable foot, knee, and hip conditions.
• VA Disability for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)Residuals of a traumatic brain injury are rated across cognitive, emotional, and physical effects, with the single most severe area setting the evaluation. TBI also frequently causes separately ratable secondary conditions like post-traumatic headaches.

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