What Are the 8 Categories of Mental Disorders Eligible for VA Compensation Claims?
Whether the inflicted party is eligible for VA compensation claims or not, mental disorders are a truly awful thing for anyone to have to live with. But establishing a mental disorder as service-connected can certainly make things somewhat easier by giving the veteran access to care. However, in order to qualify for these veterans benefits, the mental disorder in question must first fall into certain specific categories.
The following are the eight categories of mental disorders that are eligible for VA compensation claims:
- Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders. This category includes any mental disorder that causes loss of contact with reality and derangement of one’s personality. Some of these are schizophrenia, shared psychotic disorder, delusional disorder, and brief psychotic disorder.
- Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders. These are brain-related disorders that include Alzheimer’s, alcoholism, dementia due to infection, brain trauma, and drug or poison intoxication.
- Anxiety Disorders. Some examples of anxiety disorders are post traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, phobic disorder, and agoraphobia.
- Dissociative Disorders. These can include multiple personality disorder, dissociative fugue, dissociative amnesia, and depersonalization disorder.
- Somatoform Disorders. Some of these are pain disorder, somatization disorder, conversion disorder, and hypochondriasis.
- Mood Disorders. Some of the qualifying mood disorders may be bipolar disorder, major depression, dysthymic disorder, and cyclothymic disorder.
- Chronic Adjustment Disorder. This involves the inability of the inflicted party to re-adjust to normal society over a long period of time. It can cause symptoms like anxiety, head and stomach aches, and depression.
- Eating Disorder. This category includes both anorexia and bulimia.
Any of the disorders include in the above eight categories may be eligible for VA compensation claims, depending on whether or not it is determined to be service-connected.
Call or text 800-562-9830 or complete a Free Case Evaluation form
