BILATERAL MATH

[gousto0731]

HI EVERYONE I have

20% Rt. shoulder

20% Lt. shoulder

10% Rt. clavicle

10% Lt.  biceps

10% Rt.  Ft.

with a bilateral factor what should my rating be

[Carl the Engineer]

Combined bilaterals = 48

Combined plus bilateral 10% = 52.8

Rounded = 53

Foot at 10% + bilateral rounded = 58

Rounded = 60%

60%

Fun with math,
 

Hamslice

I made the assumption your clavicle is a bilateral since you have a left and a right.  I think it is.

[Andyman73]

Fun with math!!!

[Rocketeer]

Fun with Math indeed!  Long time reader on Hadit, first time poster.  I am very thankful to all those who have posted and replied.  This site and VBN gave me much information and inspiration as I worked thru my claims over the past 18 months.  On 30 Nov E-bennies showed all my claims and deferred issues have finally been closed and reflected on letters you can download...100% P&T!!! .  Very thrilled, but in typical VA fashion, the math doesn't seem to add up (they can't make anything easy).  I am wondering if there is a mystery bilateral in the mix.  Here are my rated conditions:

OSA 50%

Migraines 30%

Facial Scars 30%

Bilateral Pes Planus (claimed as right and left ankle condition) 30%

Hemorrhoids 20%

Pain from facial scars 20%

Right knee patellofemoral pain/meniscal tear 10%

Right hip laberal tear/degenerative arthritis 10%

GERD 10%

Allergic Rhinitis 10%

Two more right hip degenerative arthritis issues at 0%

Right knee scar 0%

Left shoulder joint separation at 0%

Sinusitis 0%

I called my VSO and she confirmed there are no other rated conditions on the info they can see and that the 100% P&T rating was correct and my confusion was just due to the complexities of VA math.

I am still waiting on the BBE which I assume will better explain it, but in the meantime I would like to figure this out.

With no bilats (straight combination of above) I get 93 using VA combined ratings table.

If you count the right hip and knee as bilateral you get 94.  Even if you toss in the 30 bilateral pes planus into bilateral factor calculation (which you shouldn't do) it is still 94.

Only if you break up the bilateral pes planus into two separate unilateral 20s (one for right ankle, one for left ankle) and then combine those with the right knee and right hip does the bilateral factor allow the above to get to 95.

Anybody see another solution?

I am sure the BBE will explain everything (yeah right), but VA math is so fun I thought I would share/seek the wisdom of the HADIT community (and to help reassure me the 100% is real).

All the best to you all!!

Rocketeer

 

[Andyman73]

Your bilaterals get added up first, so you would have 43% then the bilateral factor of 10% is 4.3, which gets added on in the traditional math kinda way, so that would make it 47, rounding to 50% for payout. 

Then you add your next highest one to that, and so on.