Wow, Jay, that has been the best explanation I have ever heard, THANKS! Q, if your highest rating is a 30% and you get another rating that is higher, will the VA recalculate with the higher rating as the 1st efficiency deduction from the 100%?
Small boost is the way veterans should view bilateral. You have arms and legs. Conditions on both sides left and right will grant a bilateral. Bilateral is ‘generally’ a 10% boost. - Clay
It's a good question; you are right that it should be the latter. However, either way here it comes out to 83 and rounds down to 80 when you apply 38 CFR 4.25. I think they were just trying to show how an initial evaluation is calculated and then add an additional disability from a later point though.
The scenario was you got the first two ratings, say as soon as you got out which got you the 50 and the 30...a year later you got evaluated for MH at 50%, well you wouldn't have known that you were going to get 50% hence why I structured it the way I did. as the gentleman up top said, the math still maths.
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- Jay
Thank you so much for this! Your example was much more clear, accurate, and far easier to understand than the VA RUclips channel's video.
Holy freaking crap! I finally understand it! Thanks a million man😮
Glad it helped!
Very informative video. The concept is very well explained. There are online calculators but now I know how it works. Thanks.
va math is fucked up i have 150% but it only = to 90
You need a total rating of about 260% in order to get a combined rating of 100%.
What happened to the calculator you said you were putting in the description?
www.hillandponton.com/va-disability-calculator/
- Clay
Wow, Jay, that has been the best explanation I have ever heard, THANKS!
Q, if your highest rating is a 30% and you get another rating that is higher, will the VA recalculate with the higher rating as the 1st efficiency deduction from the 100%?
Yes.
- Clay
I find it much easier to just use the chart they provide
I do not understand bilateral factor. can you explain
Small boost is the way veterans should view bilateral. You have arms and legs. Conditions on both sides left and right will grant a bilateral.
Bilateral is ‘generally’ a 10% boost.
- Clay
I don't see the link to the calculator that you use.
So some disabilities count more than others towards efficiency?
The higher the number the better, like with most things.
Why did you show them 50% then 30% then 50% instead of 50% then 50% then 30%?
It's a good question; you are right that it should be the latter. However, either way here it comes out to 83 and rounds down to 80 when you apply 38 CFR 4.25. I think they were just trying to show how an initial evaluation is calculated and then add an additional disability from a later point though.
The scenario was you got the first two ratings, say as soon as you got out which got you the 50 and the 30...a year later you got evaluated for MH at 50%, well you wouldn't have known that you were going to get 50% hence why I structured it the way I did. as the gentleman up top said, the math still maths.