Conditions / Mental disorders
38 CFR 4.130, diagnostic code 9411 · checked 2026-10-20
VA rating for PTSD
VA rates PTSD under diagnostic code 9411 (Posttraumatic stress disorder) at 6 levels from 0% to 100%. The lowest paid level, 10%, is worth $180.42 a month and the highest, 100%, $3,938.58 to a veteran alone at the rates effective December 1, 2025. The levels come from the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders.
- 1Diagnostic code DC 9411
- 2Highest level 100% · $3,938.58
- 3Lowest paid level 10% · $180.42
Rating criteria for DC 9411
| Rating | What the schedule requires |
|---|---|
| 100% | Total occupational and social impairment, due to symptoms such 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, disorientation to time or place, or memory loss for names of close relatives, own occupation or own name. |
| 70% | Occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking or mood, due to symptoms such as suicidal ideation, obsessional rituals, near-continuous panic or depression affecting the ability to function independently, impaired impulse control, spatial disorientation, neglect of personal appearance and hygiene, difficulty adapting to stressful circumstances, and inability to establish and maintain effective relationships. |
| 50% | Occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, due to symptoms such as flattened affect, circumstantial or stereotyped speech, panic attacks more than once a week, difficulty understanding complex commands, impaired short- and long-term memory, impaired judgment, impaired abstract thinking, disturbances of motivation and mood, and difficulty establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships. |
| 30% | Occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks, although generally functioning satisfactorily, due to symptoms such as depressed mood, anxiety, suspiciousness, panic attacks weekly or less often, chronic sleep impairment and mild memory loss. |
| 10% | 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. |
| 0% | A mental condition has been formally diagnosed, but symptoms are not severe enough to interfere with occupational and social functioning or to require continuous medication. |
Summarized from eCFR, 38 CFR 4.130 Schedule of ratings, mental disorders, diagnostic code 9411, checked 2026-10-20. The regulation's own wording governs.
Notes in the schedule
- The same General Rating Formula covers diagnostic codes 9201 through 9440, including generalized anxiety disorder (9400), panic disorder (9412), bipolar disorder (9432), persistent depressive disorder (9433), major depressive disorder (9434) and chronic adjustment disorder (9440).
- Eating disorders (9520 and 9521) use a separate Rating Formula for Eating Disorders.
What each level pays
| Level | Alone | With spouse | With tinnitus 10% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | $3,938.58 | $4,158.17 | 100 → 100% |
| 70% | $1,808.45 | $1,961.45 | 73 → 70% |
| 50% | $1,132.90 | $1,241.90 | 55 → 60% |
| 30% | $552.47 | $617.47 | 37 → 40% |
| 10% | $180.42 | $180.42 | 19 → 20% |
| 0% | $0.00 | $0.00 | 10 → 10% |
4 of the 5 compensable levels are 30% or higher, where dependents raise the payment; below that the rate is flat. A 0% level means the condition is service connected but not compensable: it pays nothing by itself, yet it is on record if it worsens. The spread from the lowest paid level to the highest is $3,758.16 a month. The last column shows the combined rating if this condition is joined by a 10% tinnitus rating.
How this rating fits a claim
The top level, 100%, is at or above the 60% that 38 CFR 4.16(a) sets for a single disability to qualify for consideration of a total rating based on unemployability. A rating under DC 9411 is combined with every other rating by Table I, never added; the calculator shows the result with your other ratings and dependents.
The rating is set from the evidence at the time of the decision, usually including a VA examination. If the condition has worsened since, VA accepts a claim for an increase on VA Form 21-526EZ; see how to request an increase.
Related conditions
- Tinnitus (DC 6260)
- Vertigo (peripheral vestibular disorder) (DC 6204)
- Meniere's disease (DC 6205)
- Degenerative arthritis (DC 5003)
- Shoulder replacement (DC 5051)
Pay at the top level: 100% VA pay. At the lowest paid level: 10% VA pay.
Rating Ledger is not part of VA and does not file or decide claims. Amounts are VA's published monthly rates effective December 1, 2025 for a veteran, before any deduction or special monthly compensation; ratings follow 38 CFR 4.25 and 38 CFR 4.26 and 38 CFR 4.130, diagnostic code 9411. Last checked 2026-10-20. Only a VA rating decision sets a rating or a payment. See the methodology.