Trying to figure out your VA disability rating can be confusing and frustrating. Sometimes it can even seem like no one cares about your case even when the delay times are quite bearable. Then when you finally hear your appraisal, it’s not what you expect. Here are two tips to help alleviate some of the frustration and aggravation when filing for a VA disability rating.
Evidence of record
If you are trying to get a VA disability rating for the first time, you must show that the claimed disability first occurred or was diagnosed during military service. This generally means that the Federal Center in St. Louis to have an official position. Except in cases like PTSD when the condition can be explained after active duty, if the disability or condition is not in your service, then it never happens for the purpose of VA disability evaluation. This means that it is very important to get a physical exam, because this is the last chance to have all your defects on your record.
Determining the defect
Once it has been determined that your certificate shows that the disability that is claimed is present, then the current level of disability must be determined. This is usually done through a visit to the nearest VA Medical Center. The physician will send the report to the VA Regional Office for review by a special evaluation. The rating specialist reviews all the medical information on the record, with an emphasis on the most recent report issued by the examining physician, and compares it to a predetermined rating card. The census will give the expert a certain “impotence percentage” by matching the description of the condition with various percentages. You receive the one that most closely matches the condition description that is assigned. You then use this percentage to serve as a VA disability rating.
VA Impotence Percent Rating
If multiple conditions or disabilities are claimed, then the corresponding percentage for each disability will be combined to form a comprehensive percentage that will then serve as the VA disability rating. However, percentages are not combined by simple addition but by “rolling percents.” For example, if a veteran veteran has three disable conditions with a rating of 50% 40% and 20% then the combined percentage is figured it would be like this: a veteran should be considered to be 100% healthy or 100 to start, so when the first condition is applied the assessment would now be 50. When the second condition is applied now, you would just be used for the remaining healthy 50. only 40% of 50 or 20. Add that to the current total of 70. Then we apply the final condition to the remaining healthy, so 20% of 30 or 6. We add this to the current total of 70 and the final VA Rating. the percentage is 76%.
Once you have your percentage you can then determine your reimbursement level by consulting the VA Payment Rates found on the Department of Veterans Affairs website.
Sources:
United States Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Disability Compensation, www.vba.gov
United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Compensation and Pension Service, www.vba.gov
