Va Disability Rating Primary Insomnia

Va will typically rate insomnia according to the schedule of ratings for mental disorders 38 cfr 4 130.
Va disability rating primary insomnia. Service connection can be granted for this and it would normally be evaluated under the most appropriate code most likely sleep apnea with a 0 10 or 30 percent evaluation. We use your disability rating to determine how much disability compensation you ll receive each month as well as your eligibility for other va benefits. 90 disability rating 100 disability rating. To qualify a veteran must prove that they are unable to find and maintain gainful employment due to their condition.
The va offers total disability based on individual unemployability to veterans who are unable to work due to a service connected disability. Polycythemia vera is the opposite of anemia. Veteran with child only no spouse or parents 1 507 17. Va tends to rate insomnia as a component of the underlying disability.
For example if a veteran is service connected for ptsd and suffers from insomnia as a result of the ptsd it is possible va will consider insomnia in its overall evaluation of the veteran s ptsd disability rating. If you have multiple disability ratings we use them to calculate your combined va disability rating. This means that the va treats insomnia as a mental health disability and they will rate insomnia accordingly. However va tends to rate the condition as a component of the underlying mental health condition.
We assign you a disability rating based on the severity of your service connected condition. This can cause shortness of breath bleeding dizziness and many serious. The va looks at insomnia as a mental health condition. For questions about covid 19 and how it affects va health care and benefit services visit our coronavirus faqs page or read va s public health response.
This benefit requires a 100 va rating. Instead of having too few red blood cells the bone marrow produces too many red blood cells. So for example if a veteran has ptsd and also insomnia then the va is likely going to combine those conditions and only issue one disability rating to take into account both the ptsd and insomnia. During my career at va i can only remember seeing a couple of cases of primary insomnia.
Insomnia is normally attributed to a much larger issue that needs to be addressed. If you are scheduled a rating for insomnia it is rated at the same criteria as other mental disorders 0 10 30 50 70 100. It is commonly associated with other conditions like stress or anxiety. Primary insomnia is insomnia for which no cause can be found.
With 1 child and spouse no parents 1 636 17.