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UnderstandMyRating
The VA math

How VA combines your ratings, explained.

A plain-language walkthrough of how VA combines separate disability ratings into one number under 38 CFR §4.25, including the bilateral factor under §4.26, and why 60 plus 40 plus 20 is 80 and not 120. This explainer page is being written now.