An eating disorder characterized by restricted food intake, intense fear of weight gain, and distorted body image.
Medical records that document your current weight alongside a calculated expected minimum weight help establish whether you fall below the 80% or 85% thresholds. Records from treating physicians, dietitians, or mental health providers showing a formal eating disorder diagnosis are relevant at every rating level.
For the 10% and higher levels, records showing incapacitating episodes and their total duration across a year are central. Treatment notes, hospitalization records, and discharge summaries can establish how many weeks per year you were incapacitated. At the 100% level, hospital records specifically showing admissions for parenteral nutrition or tube feeding, and how many times per year those occurred, directly address that criterion.
Statements from you or people who know you describing how symptoms affect your ability to work, maintain a regular schedule, or carry out daily activities can help show the real-world impact of incapacitating episodes. Statements should address the frequency and length of those episodes as specifically as possible.
Conditions that are often caused or made worse by this one. If you have any of these, they may be claimable as secondary service connection.
