Education · 38 CFR § 4.130 · Mental health conditions · not your rating · we do not file
Schizophrenia VA rating (DC 9201)
VA rates schizophrenia under diagnostic code 9201 in 38 CFR § 4.130. The rule book lists 0%, 10%, 30%, 50%, 70%, and 100%. Below: each level in plain English, then the exact words.
Rule-book name: Schizophrenia. Last checked against eCFR on 2026-10-10 (eCFR issue 2026-08-27). Official text: 38 CFR § 4.130 on eCFR.
Each rating level in plain English
- 100%: The published words look at: how the condition affects work or school; relationships with family, friends, and other people; memory problems; speech or thinking that others find hard to follow; thoughts of suicide, or of hurting yourself or someone else; needing help to get through daily life; getting lost or confused about where or when you are; skipping showers or other self-care; seeing or hearing things others do not; and how often it happens.
- 70%: The published words look at: how the condition affects work or school; relationships with family, friends, and other people; feeling down or depressed; panic attacks; speech or thinking that others find hard to follow; thoughts of suicide, or of hurting yourself or someone else; rituals or checking that get in the way of daily life; needing help to get through daily life; anger or irritability that is hard to control; getting lost or confused about where or when you are; skipping showers or other self-care; and handling stress at work or in a work-like setting.
- 50%: The published words look at: how the condition affects work or school; relationships with family, friends, and other people; panic attacks; memory problems; showing little emotion; speech or thinking that others find hard to follow; trouble following instructions with several steps; trouble making decisions or thinking things through; and low motivation or changes in mood.
- 30%: The published words look at: how the condition affects work or school; relationships with family, friends, and other people; feeling down or depressed; anxiety or feeling on edge; feeling suspicious or always on guard around others; panic attacks; trouble sleeping; memory problems; and how bad it is, shown by what it stops you from doing.
- 10%: The published words look at: how the condition affects work or school; relationships with family, friends, and other people; medicine you take for it; and how bad it is, shown by what it stops you from doing.
- 0%: The published words look at: how the condition affects work or school; medicine you take for it; and how bad it is, shown by what it stops you from doing.
Plain words come from our reading aid for the published words. They never add a symptom. The quotes below are the rule.
Exact words in 38 CFR § 4.130
General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders
100% · “Total occupational and social impairment, due to such symptoms 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 (including maintenance of minimal personal hygiene); disorientation to time or place; 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 such symptoms as: suicidal ideation; obsessional rituals which interfere with routine activities; speech intermittently illogical, obscure, or irrelevant; near-continuous panic or depression affecting the ability to function independently, appropriately and effectively; impaired impulse control (such as unprovoked irritability with periods of violence); spatial disorientation; neglect of personal appearance and hygiene; difficulty in adapting to stressful circumstances (including work or a worklike setting); inability to establish and maintain effective relationships.”
50% · “Occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity due to such symptoms as: flattened affect; circumstantial, circumlocutory, or stereotyped speech; panic attacks more than once a week; difficulty in understanding complex commands; impairment of short- and long-term memory (e.g., retention of only highly learned material, forgetting to complete tasks); impaired judgment; impaired abstract thinking; disturbances of motivation and mood; difficulty in 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, with routine behavior, self-care, and conversation normal), due to such symptoms as: depressed mood, anxiety, suspiciousness, panic attacks (weekly or less often), chronic sleep impairment, mild memory loss (such as forgetting names, directions, recent events).”
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 either to interfere with occupational and social functioning or to require continuous medication.”
What records usually show this
VA reads these things from your records: service treatment records, VA and private treatment records, and the VA claim exam (C&P exam). The published words on this page talk about:
- How the condition affects work or school: usually found in treatment notes or the VA claim exam (C&P exam) report that describe it, when those exist.
- Relationships with family, friends, and other people: usually found in treatment notes or the VA claim exam (C&P exam) report that describe it, when those exist.
- Memory problems: usually found in treatment notes or the VA claim exam (C&P exam) report that describe it, when those exist.
- Speech or thinking that others find hard to follow: usually found in treatment notes or the VA claim exam (C&P exam) report that describe it, when those exist.
- Thoughts of suicide, or of hurting yourself or someone else: usually found in treatment notes or the VA claim exam (C&P exam) report that describe it, when those exist.
- Needing help to get through daily life: usually found in treatment notes or the VA claim exam (C&P exam) report that describe it, when those exist.
- Getting lost or confused about where or when you are: usually found in treatment notes or the VA claim exam (C&P exam) report that describe it, when those exist.
- Skipping showers or other self-care: usually found in treatment notes or the VA claim exam (C&P exam) report that describe it, when those exist.
- Seeing or hearing things others do not: usually found in treatment notes or the VA claim exam (C&P exam) report that describe it, when those exist.
- How often it happens: usually found in treatment notes or the VA claim exam (C&P exam) report that describe it, when those exist.
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Common questions
What percentages does the VA rating schedule list for Schizophrenia (DC 9201)?
38 CFR § 4.130 lists 0%, 10%, 30%, 50%, 70%, and 100% for diagnostic code 9201. VA decides which line fits from the evidence. This page is not your rating.
Where do these words come from?
They are quoted from the public eCFR copy of 38 CFR § 4.130, last checked 2026-10-10. The official page is linked on this page so you can check every word.
Does this page tell me what my rating will be?
No. It shows what the published rule book says. It does not predict a rating, a decision, or a dollar amount, and it does not say you have this condition.
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