Rounding?

[Ronc531]

can someone tell me how the VA rounds percentages? if i have a 61% which way does it go? my wife said she read that they always round up, is that correct?

[Buck52]

On 5/9/2019 at 1:21 AM, Ronc531 said:

can someone tell me how the VA rounds percentages? if i have a 61% which way does it go? my wife said she read that they always round up, is that correct?

 Ronc531

It goes to a 60% rating  any ratings higher than 65% goes to the 70% rating so if your 61% they should round it off to the nearest ratable # which is 60% and anything rated 65.1 will go to the 70%

[Buck52]

I would suggest any veteran that has a 90% rating file for IU if your s.c. disability keeps you from working  I mean a 90% veteran in my opinion is just as bad as a 100% veteran   so IU is the way to get paid at the 100% rating if you can't work.

if not then your going to need an additional 50% rating with your 90% rating to get 100%scheduler according to VA Math.

[GeekySquid]

4 minutes ago, Buck52 said:

It goes to a 60% rating  any ratings higher than 65% goes to the 70% rating so if your 61% they should round it off to the nearest ratable # which is 60% and anything rated 65.1 will go to the 70%

@Ronc531 and @Buck52

This is from the VA itself

Examples of Combining Two Disabilities

If a Veteran has a 50 percent disability and a 30 percent disability, the combined value will be found to be 65 percent, but the 65 percent must be converted to 70 percent to represent the final degree of disability.

Similarly, with a disability of 40 percent, and another disability of 20 percent, the combined value is found to be 52 percent, but the 52 percent must be converted to the nearest degree divisible by 10, which is 50 percent.
Example of Combining Three Disabilities

If there are three disabilities ratable at 60 percent, 40 percent, and 20 percent, respectively, the combined value for the first two will be found opposite 60 and under 40 and is 76 percent. This 76 will be found in the left column, then the 20 rating in the top row. The intersection of these two ratings is 81. Thus, the final rating will be rounded to 80%.

https://www.benefits.va.gov/compensation/rates-index.asp#howcalc

Typically in all economic calculations an amount or fraction that ends in a 5 is rounded up. An amount or fraction the is less than 5 rounds down.

so 3.4445695 rounds up to 3.444570 if you are using that many decimal places.

3.453 rounds down to 3.45 if using that many decimal places.

This applies to money and percentages in typical economic calculations and under U.S. GAAP accounting rules. A variation from that needs to be specifically stated in the supporting documents.

The above example states "must be converted to the nearest degree divisible by 10," which is the standard principal in economic calculations.

[GeekySquid]

8 minutes ago, Buck52 said:

I would suggest any veteran that has a 90% rating file for IU if your s.c. disability keeps you from working  I mean a 90% veteran in my opinion is just as bad as a 100% veteran   so IU is the way to get paid at the 100% rating if you can't work.

if not then your going to need an additional 50% rating with your 90% rating to get 100%scheduler according to VA Math.

@buck52

The system won't let me like your for some reason...oh well I agree with you.

[Buck52]

Thats ok Geeky  Roger that.

here sis the IU Regs for veterans under 100% at least 60%  to qualifiy for IU if your disability is under 100% and you can't work due to your 60&70% 80%90%  S.C. Disability  and special circumstances 40%

§4.16   Total disability ratings for compensation based on unemployability of the individual.

(a) Total disability ratings for compensation may be assigned, where the schedular rating is less than total, when the disabled person is, in the judgment of the rating agency, unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation as a result of service-connected disabilities: Provided That, if there is only one such disability, this disability shall be ratable at 60 percent or more, and that, if there are two or more disabilities, there shall be at least one disability ratable at 40 percent or more, and sufficient additional disability to bring the combined rating to 70 percent or more. For the above purpose of one 60 percent disability, or one 40 percent disability in combination, the following will be considered as one disability: (1) Disabilities of one or both upper extremities, or of one or both lower extremities, including the bilateral factor, if applicable, (2) disabilities resulting from common etiology or a single accident, (3) disabilities affecting a single body system, e.g. orthopedic, digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular-renal, neuropsychiatric, (4) multiple injuries incurred in action, or (5) multiple disabilities incurred as a prisoner of war. It is provided further that the existence or degree of nonservice-connected disabilities or previous unemployability status will be disregarded where the percentages referred to in this paragraph for the service-connected disability or disabilities are met and in the judgment of the rating agency such service-connected disabilities render the veteran unemployable. Marginal employment shall not be considered substantially gainful employment. For purposes of this section, marginal employment generally shall be deemed to exist when a veteran's earned annual income does not exceed the amount established by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, as the poverty threshold for one person. Marginal employment may also be held to exist, on a facts found basis (includes but is not limited to employment in a protected environment such as a family business or sheltered workshop), when earned annual income exceeds the poverty threshold. Consideration shall be given in all claims to the nature of the employment and the reason for termination.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501)

[paulstrgn]

Also keep in mind that you can be rated 90% for VA  purposes but in reality it is between 86% - 94% to have 90%. In my case I am rated at 90% but I actually have 86% which rounds up to the 90%.my case I have 87% which rounds to 90%. I was just awarded another 50% disability, you would think I would be at 100%, but with VA I am not, I am still rated at 90%.  Is the way it works is 50% of the remaining 14% comes out to 7%, when you add the 86% to the 7% It comes out to 93% which rounds down to 90%. As everyone can tell you on this site, VA math stinks but we must live with it.

All I can say is hang in there for you can make it.