VA Disability Rating for Narcolepsy (DC 8108)

Body system: Neurological Conditions and Convulsive DisordersRegulation: 38 CFR § 4.124aDBQ: DBQ NEURO Central Nervous System and Neuromuscular Diseases

DC 8108 covers narcolepsy, sudden uncontrollable episodes of sleep. The regulation rates it as epilepsy, petit mal, under DC 8911 and the General Rating Formula for Major and Minor Seizures (38 CFR 4.124a), by how often the episodes occur: 10% for a confirmed diagnosis with a history of episodes, up to 80% for more than 10 episodes a week. The 100% level of that formula requires major seizures (averaging at least one a month), so it does not apply to sleep episodes alone.

Rating levels

  • Note — Narcolepsy is a neurological sleep disorder marked by sudden, uncontrollable episodes of sleep, often with cataplexy (loss of muscle tone), sleep paralysis, or hypnagogic hallucinations. The VA rates narcolepsy by analogy to petit mal epilepsy under 38 CFR § 4.124a, based on the frequency and severity of attacks.

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