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[carlie]

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carlie

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[12R3G]

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Here is a Excel spreadsheet (".xls") for download that will calculate combined disability ratings.

All you really need to enter is the rating percentage, but there is space for the description and diagnostic code if you want to keep this as a "code sheet". You can enter in any order, then "sort" by Rating high to low.

The sheets are "locked", but there is no password so you can unprotect if you want. I'll only protected to prevent inadvertant earasing of formulas

The calculator rounds each line and uses the whole number percentage, not the full decimal; I'm assuming that's what the VA does since that is how the Combined Ratings Table is configured.

Combined Ratings Table is included, along with the list of disabilities by diagnostic code and alphabetically by condition (appendix B & C to Schedule of Ratings.

If anyone sees a problem, please PM me so I'll be sure to get the message and update. I've been using this myself for several months and think I have the bugs out. I wrote this so I could track and SAVE my calculation for later reference and to run scenarios to see what a change in rating will do to my overall rating.

VA_Ratings_Calculator.xls

[Vync]

That's pretty nice to have the table and codes together in one spot.

Here are my ratings:

20%

10%

10%

10%

Combined Rating = 42%

However, one of my 10% ratings is bilateral. How does that factor in?

[Van]

The reports cited are for two bases. Hunters Point Naval Shipyard(HPNSY) and The Treasure Island(TI) naval base. HPNSY is referred to as Hunters Point Annex. HPNSY is the more contaminated of the two. The poll only ask if we were stationed at TI.

HPNSY is where most of the radioactive wastes are. This base was the main decontamination station for ships from the nuclear weapons testing and for many of the ships from Yankee Station during Viet Nam. It was doing many if not all of the birdfarms. It was closed in I believe 1974. TI was closed much later. HPNSY was also the home to Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory(NRDL) They put together all the nuclear weapons used in the Pacific. They also experimented extensively with radiation and the bay area.

[ArmyTexas]

I was in the Navy from 89-95. I went to the basic and advanced shipboard firefighting schools in 89. does this affect me or is it for earlier service?

I was in the Navy from 89-95. I went to the basic and advanced shipboard firefighting schools at Treasure Island in 1989. does this affect me or is it for earlier service?

[jbasser]

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