What Rating Do These Symptoms Support?

VA does not rate a diagnosis — it rates what the condition actually does to you. Find your condition below and answer a few questions in plain English about how it affects your life. You will get an answer at the end, along with what it would take to reach the next level up.

This is an educational tool that applies the criteria in 38 C.F.R. Part 4 to what you describe. It is not a rating decision and not a medical opinion. VA decides a rating on the evidence in your file — examinations, treatment records, and statements from you and the people around you — and whether the evidence establishes something is a question this tool cannot answer. The criteria also change from time to time. Nothing here is legal advice, and using this tool does not make us your representative.

Rules applied: 38 C.F.R. § 4.1 · § 4.2 · § 4.3 (reasonable doubt goes to the Veteran) · § 4.7 (the higher evaluation where the picture more nearly approximates it) · § 4.14 (no pyramiding) · § 4.21.