chief5631 Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 does having a bilateral factor rating increase the overall rating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 green Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) yes as the bilateral factor adds an additional 10% to the conditions that apply. Of course the overall ratings are still rounded so it may or may not impact your overall rating based on the percentage and how it will be rounded to the closest 10 point rating (10, 20, 30, 40, etc...) Edited February 26, 2016 by green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 chief5631 Posted February 26, 2016 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 VA shows 4.1% bilateral factor for 5 diff codes at 10% each, still a bit confused. Is there a calculator that figures this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 green Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) What I would do is use this table http://www.purpleheart.org/ServiceProgram/Training2009/Wed%20PM%20Matuszak%203%20VA%20Math.pdf to add the bi-lateral rating percentages and then multiply the total by 1.1 to add the 10%. You can then round to the closest full %. So 5 different 10% ratings would (using the table) = 47% multiply by 1.1 and that gives you 51.7% you would round to 52%. If you have other ratings you always compute the rate from the highest rating to the lowest, rather than considering 5 different codes in this manner you would use the 52%. If you have no other ratings, the % would round down to an overall rating of 50% Edited February 26, 2016 by green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 chief5631 Posted February 26, 2016 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 I have 13 ratings at 10% apiece and one at 60%, so how does that equate? I sure appreciate your time and help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Moderator broncovet Posted February 26, 2016 Moderator Share Posted February 26, 2016 Use this bilateral factor rating calculator, plug in the numbers for yourself: https://www.microhealthllc.com/bilateral-va-disability-rating-compensation-calculator/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 chief5631 Posted February 26, 2016 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 Thanks to the both of you. With or without the 4.1% bilaterals the overall is the same but I'd guess there be cases where it would notch up another 10% overall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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