Condition-specific VA disability rating guides — how VA rates individual conditions and what evidence each one needs.
VA is in the middle of the biggest overhaul of the disability rating schedule since the 1990s, and three of the changes on the table — sleep apnea, tinnitus, and mental health — would touc
VA benefits for women veterans: MST claim process, women-specific conditions, VA women’s health services, dedicated resources.
How to claim hypertension as secondary to PTSD: what secondary service connection means, the nexus evidence you need, how the VA rates high blood pressure, and C&P tips.
VA disability for vertigo and Meniere’s disease: how the VA rates vestibular disorders and Meniere’s, the secondary path from tinnitus and hearing loss, and the evidence that matters.
VA disability for carpal tunnel syndrome: how the VA rates median-nerve impairment per hand, dominant vs non-dominant, direct and secondary claims, and the C&P exam.
VA disability for scars: how the VA rates disfigurement, scar area, painful or unstable scars, and functional effects, plus how to prove and claim them.
VA disability for fibromyalgia: the 10/20/40% ratings, the Gulf War presumption, secondary claims, the evidence that matters, and the C&P exam.
VA disability for sinusitis and rhinitis: how the VA rates each condition, the PACT Act burn-pit presumption, proving service connection, evidence, and the C&P exam.
VA disability for peripheral neuropathy: how the VA rates it by nerve and severity, presumptive exposure routes, secondary claims to diabetes, and the C&P exam.
VA disability for IBS: how the VA rates it (0–30%), presumptive Gulf War eligibility, secondary claims to PTSD, evidence, and the C&P exam.