Bipolar rating?

james7607

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I have an appointment with mental health next week. If I'm found to be diagnosed with bipolar disorder instead of PTSD or anxiety, is there a rating? or is bipolar considered to be a disorder your born with in which they won't rate it? or is it possible bipolar is service connected?
 
I have an appointment with mental health next week. If I'm found to be diagnosed with bipolar disorder instead of PTSD or anxiety, is there a rating? or is bipolar considered to be a disorder your born with in which they won't rate it? or is it possible bipolar is service connected?
Yes you can be rated for bipolar disorder
 
MOODDISORDERS





9431 Cyclothymic disorder



9432 Bipolar disorder



9433 Dysthymic disorder



9434 Major depressive disorder



9435 Mood disorder, not otherwise specified







CHRONICADJUSTMENTDISORDER





9440 Chronic adjustment disorder



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



Occupational and social impairment due to mild or transient symptoms

which decrease work efficiency and ability to perform occupational

tasks only during periods of significant stress, or; symptoms controlled

by continuous medication 10



A mental condition has been formally diagnosed, but symptoms are not

severe enough either to interfere with occupational and social

functioning or to require continuous medication 0
 
I have an appointment with mental health next week. If I'm found to be diagnosed with bipolar disorder instead of PTSD or anxiety, is there a rating? or is bipolar considered to be a disorder your born with in which they won't rate it? or is it possible bipolar is service connected?

Not sure how your appointment went. I hope it went well. Combat Eng is right about bipolar being a rated condition. I just got rated @ 30% for it.
 
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