ptsd Possible To Be Compensated For Ptsd And Depression?

[usmcman001]

I am at 30% PTSD and I was diagnose with depression as well. Can I get SC comp for depression as well? Or secondary to PTSD? Also have anxiety really bad as well. Thanks

[john999]

Not for both, but if together these conditions make you more emotionally disabled then you should ask for an increase. You can only get compensation for one mental illness unless one is physical in origin like a TBI. Often times depression is just another symptom of PTSD and is co-morbib in that it makes the PTSD worse.

John

[carlie]

I am at 30% PTSD and I was diagnose with depression as well.

Can I get SC comp for depression as well? Or secondary to PTSD?

Also have anxiety really bad as well. Thanks

usmc,

An evaluation at the 30 percent level already includes the issues for

depression and anxiety.

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) 30

[broncovet]

Its unlikely. All mental disorders, including depression, bipolar, ptsd, etc, are rated by symptoms, of course, assuming they are service connected.

If you were diagnosed with both PTSD and depression, you would be rated on the more severe of the two symptoms..but not both. see the shedule for rating mental disorders.

[usmcman001]

Thanks for the replys!

[Testvet]

many of us have multiple mental health issues PTSD, depression, OCD etc but the VA does not allow pyramiding so the most prevalent SC issue is the percentage they rate you at if you feel that your symptoms should be rated at a higher percentage you should file for an increase if you have worsened or if you feel the original rating is to low file a NOD and explain why you feel you should be rated higher

[donna68]

Ratings or evaluations for Axis I mental disorders is based on the same criteria no matter what the mental illness is except eating disorders. So whether you have PSTD, depression or anxiety disorder, all of them or just one of them, if they grant service connection for all of them, you are evaluated based on symptoms, your level of functioning and your GAF score. So if you have symptoms from a higher evaluation than 30% (below), definitely put in for an increase. Currently, the new generated text system seems to be giving higher evaluations than the traditional version, so its a good time to put in for an increase and a low GAF score seems to have more weight than in the traditional ratngs.

General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders:

Total occupational and social impairment, due to such symptoms as:

gross impairment in thought processes or communication;

persistent delusions or hallucinations; grossly inappropriate

behavior; persistent danger of hurting self or others; intermittent

inability to perform activities of daily living (including maintenance

of minimal personal hygiene); disorientation to time or place; memory

loss for names of close relatives, own occupation, or own name .......................... 100

Occupational and social impairment, with deficiencies in most areas,

such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood,

due to such symptoms as: suicidal ideation; obsessional rituals

which interfere with routine activities; speech intermittently illogical,

obscure, or irrelevant; near-continuous panic or depression affecting

the ability to function independently, appropriately and effectively;

impaired impulse control (such as unprovoked irritability with periods

of violence); spatial disorientation; neglect of personal appearance and

hygiene; difficulty in adapting to stressful circumstances (including

work or a worklike setting); inability to establish and maintain

effective relationships ........................................................................................... 70

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 ........................ 50

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) ........................................................... 30