Chances are, if you are in the process of applying for VA disability, you have probably come across the VA Ratings Table. For many, this tool that the VA uses to determine combined disability ratings is incredibly frustrating and cumbersome.

If you only have one rated disability, VA math can be pretty straightforward. Your rating for that disability and the rating for your total disability will be the same. 

However, it is most likely you’ll have more than one service-connected disability, and in that case all of them will need to be considered for your disability benefits.

How does the VA consider all of them? Enter the complicated Combined Ratings Table!