Ask Basser - Veterans Affairs Math and other interesting items.

Published: April 7, 2014, 6 p.m.

Want to know how the Veterans Affairs does it's math?\xa0Baser\xa0will explain it and some other interesting things that the veteran can do.\n\nVA Service Connected Ratings Disability Calculator\n\nCombined Ratings\xa0Source:\xa0Veterans Affairs\n\nIf VA finds that a Veteran has multiple disabilities, VA uses the\xa0Combined Ratings Table\xa0to calculate a combined disability rating. Disability ratings are not additive, meaning that if a Veteran has one disability rated 60% and a second disability 20%, the combined rating is not 80%. This is because subsequent disability ratings are applied to an already disabled Veteran, so the 20% disability is applied to a Veteran who is already 60% disabled. Below you will find the steps VA takes to combine ratings for more than one disability and examples using the\xa0Combined Ratings Table\xa0to illustrate how combined ratings are calculated.\xa0Read Full Article