Below is the Rating Tool used by the VA Rating Board to determine your rating percentage.  Check it carefully to make sure you are not being cheated. Note:  Rating tool used for psychological & emotional disabilities.   OCCUPATIONAL & SOCIAL IMPAIRMENT EVALUATION:  100% Total £      Gross impairment in thought or communication £      Persistent delusions or hallucinations £      Grossly inappropriate behavior £      Persistent danger or hurting self or others £      Intermittent inability to perform ADL £      Disorientation to time or place £     Memory loss for relative names, own occupation, own name EVALUATION:  70% DEFICIENCIES IN MOST AREAS (WORK, SCHOOL, FAMILY RELATIONS, JUDGMENT, THINKING, MOOD) £      Suicidal Ideation £      Obsession rituals which interfere with routine activities £      Speech intermittently illogical, obscure, or irrelevant £      Near continuous panic or depression affecting ability to function independently, appropriately, and effectively £      Impaired impulse control £      Spatial disorientation £      Neglect of personal appearance and hygiene £      Difficulty adapting to stressful circumstances £      Inability to establish and maintain effective relationships EVALUATION:  50% REDUCED RELIABILITY & PRODUCTIVITY £      Flattened effect £      Circumstantial, circumlocutory, or stereotyped speech £      Panic attacks more than once per week £      Difficulty in understanding complex commands £      Impairment of short and long term memory (forgetting to complete tasks) £      Impaired judgment £      Impaired abstract thinking £      Disturbances of motivation and mood £      Difficulty establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships EVALUATION:  30% OCCUPATIONAL DECREASE IN WORK EFFICIENCY & PERIODS OF INABILITY TO PERFORM OCCUPATIONAL TASKS (GENERALLY FUNCTIONING SATISFACTORILY) £     Depressed mood £     Anxiety £     Suspiciousness £     Panic attacks weekly or less often £     Chronic sleep impairment £     Mild memory loss for forgetting names, directions, recent events EVALUATION:  10% DECREASED WORK EFFICIENCY £      Inability to perform occupational tasks only during periods of significant stress £      Continuous medication EVALUATION:  0% NO IMPAIRMENT Continuous medication not required VA Rating Tools