A mental health condition involving prolonged emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to an identifiable stressor.
Medical records documenting your diagnosis of chronic adjustment disorder and the specific symptoms your provider has observed are central to your rating. For lower ratings (10% and 30%), records showing occasional drops in work performance, sleep difficulties, mild memory lapses, anxiety, or depressed mood — along with any prescribed continuous medication — help establish those levels. For a 30% rating, notes reflecting that your routine functioning, self-care, and conversation remain generally intact are also relevant.
For a 50% rating, records showing panic attacks occurring more than once a week, impaired short- or long-term memory, impaired judgment, or difficulty sustaining work and social relationships are useful. For 70%, treatment notes, hospitalization records, or crisis documentation reflecting suicidal ideation, near-continuous depression or panic, or impaired impulse control support that level. For 100%, records showing the most severe symptoms — such as disorientation, memory loss for close relatives or your own name, or persistent danger to yourself or others — are relevant.
Your own statements, and statements from family members or coworkers, describing how symptoms affect your ability to work, manage daily tasks, and maintain relationships can also help show the degree of occupational and social impairment at any level.
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.
