The difference that it leads to in compensation is huge. So even though 50+50+20+20 equals 140 in real math it is only 80 in VA math. For instance, if a veteran has a ratings of 50% for PTSD, 50% for Sleep Apnea, a rating of 20% for diabetes and 20% for a back problem the combined rating is 80%. It gets harder and harder to get that higher rating, especially once a veteran is over 50%. The combined rating system starts to work against a veteran when he gets closer to 100%. Here, the rating would be rounded to 20%. The percentages are all rounded up or down to the nearest ten percent. The second ten percent rating would be 10% of the 90% (again the ‘healthy’ percent of the veteran), which is 9%. So for a veteran with two 10 ratings the first ten percent rating would be 10% of 100, which is 10%. Therefore, the next rating is not added but is used to take a percentage of the ‘healthy’ 90%. It is as if the VA says if you are 10% disabled then you are 90% healthy. When it comes to service connected compensation claims, the VA takes the view that it should not add whole numbers together to get your rating but, instead, the VA takes percentages of percentages. Have you ever wondered how the VA came up with the combined rating that it gave you? Have you ever noticed that 1 + 1 does not equal 2 with the VA? One of the most common complaints we get from veterans is ‘How in the world did the VA get the combined rating that they did with all the ratings I have?’ How Does the VA Rate Disabilities?
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