Individual Unemployability allows VA to pay certain Veterans at the 100-percent disability rate even though their service-connected disabilities are not rated as 100-percent disabling.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) is the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health professionals in the United States. It is intended to be used in all clinical settings by clinicians of different theoretical orientations.
I recently asked a former president of the APA how he used the DSM in his daily work.He told me his secretary had just asked him for a diagnosis on a patient heâd beenseeing for a couple of months so that she could bill the insurancecompany. âI hadnât really formulated it,â he told me.