Bilateral conditions?

[SpinningWheelsInIndy]

Should the highlighted conditions listed below be considered bilateral conditions? If yes can someone smarter than I tell me what my % should be? I have tried figuring out VA Math on paper and cant get he same answer 2 times in a row.

 

Disability	Rating	Decision	Related To	Effective Date
calcaneal enthesopathy, left ankle	20%	Service Connected		03/28/2012
calcaneal enthesopathy, right ankle	10%	Service Connected		03/28/2012
spondylosis with mild grade anterolisthesis, L5 (previously claimed as residuals, back injury)	10%	Service Connected		03/28/2012
radiculopathy, right lower extremity	10%	Service Connected		03/28/2012
radiculopathy, left lower extremity	10%	Service Connected		03/28/2012
patellofemoral syndrome, left knee	10%	Service Connected		03/28/2012
traumatic brain injury (TBI)(claimed as head condition)		Not Service Connected
patellofemoral syndrome, right knee	0%	Service Connected		03/28/2012
degenerative disc disease, cervical spine	10%	Service Connected		03/28/2012
radiculopathy, right upper extremity	40%	Service Connected		05/17/2016
radiculoapthy, left upper extremity	30%	Service Connected		05/17/2016
hearing loss		Not Service Connected

[ArNG11]

eCFR

§4.26   Bilateral factor.

When a partial disability results from disease or injury of both arms, or of both legs, or of paired skeletal muscles, the ratings for the disabilities of the right and left sides will be combined as usual, and 10 percent of this value will be added (i.e., not combined) before proceeding with further combinations, or converting to degree of disability. The bilateral factor will be applied to such bilateral disabilities before other combinations are carried out and the rating for such disabilities including the bilateral factor in this section will be treated as 1 disability for the purpose of arranging in order of severity and for all further combinations. For example, with disabilities evaluated at 60 percent, 20 percent, 10 percent and 10 percent (the two 10's representing bilateral disabilities), the order of severity would be 60, 21 and 20. The 60 and 21 combine to 68 percent and the 68 and 20 to 74 percent, converted to 70 percent as the final degree of disability.

(a) The use of the terms “arms” and “legs” is not intended to distinguish between the arm, forearm and hand, or the thigh, leg, and foot, but relates to the upper extremities and lower extremities as a whole. Thus with a compensable disability of the right thigh, for example, amputation, and one of the left foot, for example, pes planus, the bilateral factor applies, and similarly whenever there are compensable disabilities affecting use of paired extremities regardless of location or specified type of impairment.

(b) The correct procedure when applying the bilateral factor to disabilities affecting both upper extremities and both lower extremities is to combine the ratings of the disabilities affecting the 4 extremities in the order of their individual severity and apply the bilateral factor by adding, not combining, 10 percent of the combined value thus attained.

(c) The bilateral factor is not applicable unless there is partial disability of compensable degree in each of 2 paired extremities, or paired skeletal muscles.

[SpinningWheelsInIndy]

ArNG11,

Thanks for the reply. i have read 4.26 but it did not make sense to me as applied to my disabilities. I'm sure it is obvious, but it is not helpfully to me if i can not understand the text or apply said text to my case

[Carl the Engineer]

https://www.microhealthllc.com/bilateral-va-disability-rating-compensation-calculator/

This is the best one I have found so far.  And you can print it out when done to keep in your files.

 

Hamslice

 

[gs106]

88% rounded up to 90%