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- The calculator allows veterans to enter their disabilities and ratings, then provides a combined disability rating as well as what the 2025 VA monthly payment should be
- Total compensation depends on factors like dependents, spouse’s disability, and severe disabilities.
- Veterans unable to work due to service-connected disabilities may qualify for Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU) benefits, equivalent to a 100% disability rating.
- VA ratings range from 0% to 100% in 10% increments, reflecting the impact of the disability on daily functioning.
Use our 2025 VA disability calculator to determine how much compensation you may receive because of service-related disability. Veterans Guide can help you calculate your benefit amount if you have one or more disabilities. To learn about how to increase your VA rating or how to make a claim for benefits, contact Veterans Guide.
The VA assigns a rating to your disability to help determine how much compensation you should get. If you have more than one service-connected disability, the formula can seem complicated. The Veterans Guide VA disability calculator can help. You can see how the VA arrives at a rating that accounts for your disability and familial situation.
How does the VA rate multiple disabilities?
The VA can give you a disability rating between 0% and 100% in 10% increments. The rating is meant to reflect how your disability affects your daily functioning. The VA reviews the medical evidence you submit as part of your claim and your service record to determine your disability rating. A 100% VA disability rating identifies the veteran has totally disabled.
If you have a rating for more than one disability, the VA does not simply add them together. Instead, the VA uses a table to arrive at a combined disability rating. The VA takes these steps to calculate a combined rating:
- Ranks the disabilities in order from most severe to least severe, such as 50%, 30%, 10%
- Finds the highest disability rating in the table’s top row
- Finds the second-highest disability rating in the left-hand column
- Notes the intersecting number
- Finds the intersecting number in the left-hand column of the table
- Finds the lowest disability rating in the top row
- Notes the intersecting number
- Rounds the intersecting number to the nearest 10%
In the example of a veteran with three disabilities of 50%, 30%, and 10%, the first intersecting number would be 65%, and the second intersecting number would be 69%. The nearest 10% would be 70%. This veteran’s final disability rating would be 70%.
What other factors determine your total compensation?
Your total compensation from the VA depends on your rating and other factors. Specifically, you may get more compensation if:
- Your parents are your dependents
- You have a spouse or children
- Your spouse has a serious disability
- Your disabilities are very severe
- You live with the loss of a limb
Some veterans also qualify for an automobile or clothing allowance depending on the nature of their service-connected disability.
