Va Math Not Adding Up!

[JayBrown1]

My friend got his decision and rating but to me it's not adding up. He received 90 percent rating but his disabilities are

Right knee 60

Left knee 40

Back 40

Left ankle 10

Left hip 10

Painful scar 10 not combine but added.

My calculations came to 100 percent. Am I wrong?

Edited December 30, 2012 by JayBrown1 (see edit history)

[jbasser]

89.5 is what I came up with. Man this math really sucks.

[Papa]

Jay, I also got 90%. Use the calculator on the Hadit home page. I did it by rounding, and got 90%. If, you use the calculator you actually get 88.33%.

60% X 100% = 60%

100% - 60% = 40%

60% X 40% = 24%

60% + 24% = 84%

100% - 84% = 16%

10% X 16% = 1.6% (2%)

84% + 2% = 86%

100% - 86% = 14%

10% X 14% = 1.4% (1%)

86% + 1% = 88%

100% - 88% = 12%

10% X 12% = 1.2% (1%)

88% + 1% = 89% (rounds to 90%)

Papa

Jay, I also got 90%. Use the calculator on the Hadit home page. I did it by rounding, and got 90%. If, you use the calculator you actually get 88.33%.

60% X 100% = 60%

100% - 60% = 40%

60% X 40% = 24%

60% + 24% = 84%

100% - 84% = 16%

10% X 16% = 1.6% (2%)

84% + 2% = 86%

100% - 86% = 14%

10% X 14% = 1.4% (1%)

86% + 1% = 88%

100% - 88% = 12%

10% X 12% = 1.2% (1%)

88% + 1% = 89% (rounds to 90%)

Papa

[JayBrown1]

I'm sorry, I didn't mention that the painful scar was not combine but added, that's how I got 100 percent.

[kymike]

I am terrible at this VA math, but can you bilateral factor the knees?

[john999]

I need a calculator that bilaterals the hands and feet. I am sitting at 90% without bilateral factors. I used Hadit calculator.

70%

60%

10%

10% bilateral for feet (two 10% ratings one on each foot)

10% bilateral for hands (two 10% ratings one on each hand)

[meghp0405]

My friend got his decision and rating but to me it's not adding up. He received 90 percent rating but his disabilities are

Right knee 60

Left knee 40

Back 40

Left ankle 10

Left hip 10

Painful scar 10 not combine but added.

My calculations came to 100 percent. Am I wrong?

According to 38cfr, section 4.25, table 1, you are at 89% The VA rounds up 5 and above and rounds down 4 and below. I did this a couple of times and came to 89%. The VA rounds up to 90% which is correct.

[meghp0405]

According to 38cfr, section 4.25, table 1, you are at 89% The VA rounds up 5 and above and rounds down 4 and below. I did this a couple of times and came to 89%. The VA rounds up to 90% which is correct.

[meghp0405]

89.5 is what I came up with. Man this math really sucks.

using the 38 CFR, section 4.25, Table 1, his disabilities add up to 89%. I would guess that you are using a caculator to coome up with the .5?

[Theblaze]

Bilaterals must be done first.

Combining 60% (Right Knee), 40% (Left Knee), 10% (Left Ankle) and 10% (Left Hip) we get to 80%

To that we must add the bilateral factor of 10%

80% x .10 = 8%

So 80+8=88%

Then continuing to combine we get:

88% combined with 40%(Back) = 93%

93% combined with 10% (Scar) = 94%

This rounds down to 90%

Any additional 10% that your friend gets will get him to 95% which will make him 100%

Hope this helps, Happy New Year!

[halos2]

Va math % do suck...I know a GWV who is 80% with the lovely VA math which is what he gets, even though regular is 160% Gotta love VA math !! That's what they use to pay with. So looks like 90 here rounded off...is correct for your claim % listed.