Note that this assumes that the condition you are trying to service connect the new condition to has already been diagnosed and service connected (for example, if you are trying to service connect sleep apnea secondary to PTSD the assumption of the price above is that PTSD has already been di...
depression, or a veteran with a service-connected left knee impairment may develop arthritis in his right knee from over compensating. Secondary impairments that arise from service-connected impairments are compensable and given a separate rating that is included in the veteran’s overall disability ...
In the Community Participation through Self-efficacy Skills Development: COMPASSgoalstudy, we consider function and disability, as well as activity and participation (including employment), based upon the widely used ICF framework [60] developed under the auspices of the World Health Organization. Throu...