The formula may involve too much complexity or guesswork for some applicants, which is why some turn to online VA Disability Calculators to help them figure out what may be coming to them in the form of VA disability payments without having to sort through the VA charts and procedures. All medical claims submitted to the VA will be reviewed for determining the nature and severity of the condition as well as whether the condition is deemed by the VA to be service connected.
Veterans should apply for VA disability compensation via their eBenefits account. If you do not have one, apply for an eBenefits account online. To apply you will need the following documentation:. Call VA at to have the form sent to you.
These adjustments are intended to help the payments keep up with inflation and other economic factors. There are several different types of VA compensation. For the purposes of this article we are focusing on just one of those: VA disability pay. But among the various types you may qualify for, VA pays benefits in the following areas:.
The other types of compensation in the list above require the assignment of a VA disability rating. Most VA compensation paid to veterans that is associated with a disability requires the VA rating. In other words, the disability calculation must be made first to qualify the veteran for any associated benefits she might be entitled to as a result of being assigned a VA rating for a disability.
All VA claims for such compensation are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Select Combined Disability Rating. Something went wrong when we tried to load the disability rating calculator. Please try refreshing your browser in a few minutes. How we assign VA disability ratings What is a disability rating? What does VA use to decide my disability rating?
What if I have more than one disability? Read below to find out more about how we calculate your combined disability rating. How do ratings work for a disability I had before entering the service that got worse because of my service?
Is there anything else, other than my disability rating, that may affect the amount of compensation I receive? We may increase or decrease your compensation amount in certain situations. What happens after I get my disability rating? How we determine combined VA disability ratings If you have multiple disability ratings, we use the table below to calculate your combined VA disability rating. Combined ratings table not rounded. How we use the combined ratings table We follow these steps to calculate your combined rating.
Step 1 We start by putting your disability ratings in order, from highest to lowest percentage. Step 2 Next, we look for your highest rating in the left column of the combined ratings table, and the next highest rating in the top row of the combined ratings table. Step 3 Then, we look across from the 50 in the left column and down from the 30 in the top row to find the number that appears where the left column and top row meet.
Each percentage increment corresponds to a dollar amount specified by VA in the VA disability pay chart. VA has additional rules when it comes to combining multiple disability ratings to determine monthly compensation. The 4. The table does not round up to whole numbers in increments of 10, so when VA has combined all of the disabilities, they will round up to the nearest 10 and the veteran will receive compensation at that rate.
First, it can help if the veteran lists their disability ratings from highest to lowest. The veteran will take their highest rating and identify it in the left column of the chart. Then, the veteran will take their second-highest rating and identify that in the top row of the chart.
Where the row and the column intersect is the combined value for those disabilities. If a veteran has more than two disabilities, they would take the combined value of the first two which they got from following the above step , and locate that on the left side of the chart without rounding to the nearest They will then locate their next-highest rating on the top row, and find where the row and the column intersect. That is the combined rating for those three disabilities.
The veteran would repeat this process for every disability they are rated for, following from highest to lowest.
Then, when the veteran is finished combining their rating, they will round that final number to the nearest Before combining ratings, it is important to first look at any bilateral disabilities the veteran has.
Bilateral means affecting both sides, and therefore, bilateral disabilities are two conditions of the upper or lower extremities e. To account for bilateral ratings, the two disabilities are combined as usual and then an additional 10 percent of the combined rating is added. For example, a left shoulder disability rated at 20 percent and a right elbow disability rated at 20 percent are combined to yield a 36 percent rating.
The bilateral factor then adds 3.
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