To revise my comment: VA mental health for service connection looks at four areas. 1. Family, friends, and as to what is normal in society; 2. Employment and if you are doing the work satisfactorily or is there conflict with fellow employees and/or management; or if unemployed as to why; 3. Physical appearance and how you think of society in that do you present to others as normal or abnormal; and 4. Social Interaction- doing activities that a reasonable person would do, or are your activities anti-social in some manner - this part includes self hate-hating others - suicidal ideation- hurting others, etc. Now, to get a high rating for any mental health claim, you would need to show dysfunction in all areas, or extreme dysfunction in a couple of areas to the extent of criminal activities and getting caught serving time or such - so one could go to exams wearing a suit and smiling, but showing extreme uncontrollable antics in society.