If you’ve receiveda rating with multiple disabilitiesand wondered how VA got the mixed percentage, the following information and example can help youunderstand. VA uses a perception calledthe “Whole Person Theory” to determine Veteran’scombined disability rating. This method ensures thata disability rating can never is broader than 100, since person or persons cannot be more than 100% able bodied. The disability isdetermined by using the “Combined Rating Table”located at 38 CFR 4.25. To use the rating table, you need to start with the highest disabilitypercentage, and from there, agree them in orderof severity, highest to lowest.For example, if there aretwo disabilities evaluated 50 and 30 percentage disabling, the highest degree or most severe disability –in this example 50% — will be foundin the left column. Then, the otherless severe disability — in this example 30% –will be found in the top sequence. The illustrations appearingin the space where the left columnand top sequence meet will represent the combinedvalue of both disabilities. This combined appreciate willthen be converted to the nearest numberdivisible by 10. Remember, mixed valuesending in 5 or higher, will be adjusted upward to the nearest number divisible by 10. Combined evaluates endingin 4 or lower, will be rounded down to the nearest divisible by 10. The rounding is only doneat the very end after all the disabilitieshave been combined. Let’s begin withJoe Veteran as an example. Joe has been ratedfor the following disabilities in order of harshnes: 30% Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder( PTSD ), 20% Diabetes Mellitus, 10% Peripheral Neuropathy. Joe has a combined rating of 50 %. This mixed rating wasderived by the following method. Start with the greatestdisability and then combine them abusing Table 1in 38 CFR 4.25. First take the 30% ratingand know it in the left column. Then make the nexthighest disability which is 20% from the top row. The people appearingin the opening where the column and sequence intersect will represent the compounded price of the two. The appraise is 44. Use this cost for theleft row and then find the next disabilityon the top pillar which is 10%. The digits appearingin that space where the tower and sequence intersect is 50. Therefore, the combined evaluation for this Veteran is 50 %. For more information on compounded ratings find 38 C.F.R. 4.25. For more informationon VA compensation, visit benefits.va.govand click on the down arrow on the Compensation tab. Click on the webpagetitled “Benefit Rates.”.
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