PTSD VA disability rating criteria

The VA rates PTSD under 38 CFR 4.130, Diagnostic Code 9411. Below are the schedular rating levels exactly as written in the rating schedule.

Rating levels

• 0%

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

• 10%

  Occupational and social impairment due to mild or transient symptoms that decrease work efficiency only during significant stress, or symptoms controlled by continuous medication.

• 30%

  Occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks.

• 50%

  Occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

• 70%

  Occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas (work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood).

• 100%

  Total occupational and social impairment.

Educational only and not a guarantee of any rating or outcome. The criteria above are quoted from the VA rating schedule; your actual rating depends on a C&P exam and the evidence in your file, and the VA makes the final decision. This is not medical or legal advice.