From Personality Disorder To Adjustment Disorder

[blanco63]

I was honorably discharged from the navy in october, 1983 for personality disorder of mixed schizoid and schizotypal features. in november, 1983 i filed a claim for mental disorder. in may, 1985 i had my c & p exam and was diagnosed with adjustment disorder but they said it was non-compensable which was true. was i service connected at that time? in 2000, i reopened my claim and was told the same thing, you have adjustment disorder which is non-compensable. well, as of 11-7-96 it had become compensable. should the va had given me a percentage in 2000? did they make an error and would this be a reason to file a cue claim? if so, what is the best way to do one? do you fill out a certain form and send it to a certain person at the varo? i will be very grateful for any advice and opinions on this matter. thank you!

[john999]

Yes, I think you should have gotten service connected for adjustment disorder at the earliest possible date if you filed a claim.

[sharon]

Zero percent is a noncompensable rating. They either denied you or gave you a 0% rating. If you got a 0% rating your can request an increase.

§ 4.126 Evaluation of disability from mental disorders.

(a) When evaluating a mental disorder, the rating agency shall consider the frequency, severity, and duration of psychiatric symptoms, the length of remissions, and the veteran's capacity for adjustment during periods of remission. The rating agency shall assign an evaluation based on all the evidence of record that bears on occupational and social impairment rather than solely on the examiner's assessment of the level of disability at the moment of the examination.

(B) When evaluating the level of disability from a mental disorder, the rating agency will consider the extent of social impairment, but shall not assign an evaluation solely on the basis of social impairment.

© Delirium, dementia, and amnestic and other cognitive disorders shall be evaluated under the general rating formula for mental disorders; neurologic deficits or other impairments stemming from the same etiology (e.g., a head injury) shall be evaluated separately and combined with the evaluation for delirium, dementia, or amnestic or other cognitive disorder (see §4.25).

(d) When a single disability has been diagnosed both as a physical condition and as a mental disorder, the rating agency shall evaluate it using a diagnostic code which represents the dominant (more disabling) aspect of the condition (see §4.14).

[Vync]

I'll give you a little-known fact and you can use it if you choose. Send the Regional Office an IRIS communication requesting the RO's FAX number.........BINGO....you'll have your FAX machine confirmation print-out listing what number, when, time spent sending, etc. Beats the heck out of messing with the postal service. BTW, I did not tell you this.

Larry,

Thanks for the fax tip! That's awesome and you probably saved me several dollars and a bunch of time wasted in line at the post office.

[Pete53]

FAXING the VA should always be folloewed up with a hard copy. The VA loses a lot of faxes and there is absolutely no proof you sent it.

The Military often times call it an adjustment disorder you know you just were really fit to serve and the VA likes to call it a Personality Disorder. Anyone rated for a personality order needs to get the Code that is used and look it up and usually be very surprised.

If you don't get into fights, break the law, burn things than you probably do not have a personality disorder.

[Berta]

Good advise-

even the AMC- I faxed stuff there to the Director's office and FAX Zero said they got it-

but I called them only to find that director was already long gone and that his fax had been moved to a different office so someone got my stuff but they probably threw it out.

I had to fax stuff last week to Office of Communications VACO-I used my own fax that beeped that they got it-

But I am calling them today to make sure.

Blanco was the non compensable rating "0" SC or "0" NSC?

[Vync]

even the AMC- I faxed stuff there to the Director's office and FAX Zero said they got it-

but I called them only to find that director was already long gone and that his fax had been moved to a different office so someone got my stuff but they probably threw it out.

Berta,

If they said they threw it out, would that amount to the same premise as the VA destroying official correspondence?