VA Combined Rating Guide

Understand why VA combines disability ratings rather than adding them and check the official table.

VA Combined Rating Guide is a 4-page PDF field guide. Whole-person calculations, VA math and the combined ratings table.

• Start with efficiency: The largest evaluation reduces the remaining unaffected portion before the next percentage is applied.

• Order matters in the workflow: Evaluations are generally combined from highest to lowest using the official table or formula.

• The bilateral factor has conditions: Qualifying disabilities of paired extremities can change the calculation before final rounding.

• Verify the inputs: The math cannot correct a missing condition, wrong percentage or incorrect effective date.

Action checklist: List compensable percentages; Sort from highest to lowest; Identify possible paired extremities; Use the official combined ratings table; Apply final rounding only at the proper stage; Compare result with the decision letter.

Examples are educational; VA's official decision and current regulations control.