VA combined ratings table (38 CFR §4.25, Table I)

Source: 38 CFR §4.25 on eCFR, issue of August 27, 2026, retrieved 2026-09-21.

Find your higher rating in the left column and your next rating in the top row. The number where they meet is the combined value. Round it to the nearest 10 for your final rating: 50% and 30% meet at 65, which becomes 70%.

Want it done for you? The combined rating calculator runs this table for any number of ratings and applies the bilateral factor when both arms or both legs are rated.

Why the ratings do not add up

VA does not add percentages. It treats each rating as a share of what is left of you after the ratings above it. A 60% rating leaves you 40% "efficient". A further 30% takes 30% of that remaining 40%, which is 12, so the two combine to 72, not 90. The regulation says it this way:

Table I, Combined Ratings Table, results from the consideration of the efficiency of the individual as affected first by the most disabling condition, then by the less disabling condition, then by other less disabling conditions, if any, in the order of severity. Thus, a person having a 60 percent disability is considered 40 percent efficient. Proceeding from this 40 percent efficiency, the effect of a further 30 percent disability is to leave only 70 percent of the efficiency remaining after consideration of the first disability, or 28 percent efficiency altogether. The individual is thus 72 percent disabled, as shown in table I opposite 60 percent and under 30 percent.

Three or more ratings

Work from the highest rating down, one at a time, and feed each result back into the left column. For 50%, 30% and 20%:

50% and 30% meet at 65.
Row 65, column 20 gives 72.
72 rounds to a final rating of 70%.

Round once, at the end. §4.25(b) says the conversion to the nearest 10 "will be done only once per rating decision" and is the last step. Rounding 65 up to 70 before adding the 20% would give 76 and a final 80%, which is wrong.

Where the bilateral factor fits

If you have ratings on both arms or both legs, combine those first, then add 10% of that combined value before you touch the rest of the table. The 10% is added, not combined. The bilateral factor guide walks through the §4.26 steps with worked numbers.

The full table

Left column: the higher rating, or the combined value so far. Top row: the next rating. The table starts at 19 because 10% combined with 10% is 19, the lowest value two compensable ratings can produce. Values of 95 and up round to 100%.

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How we check this table

We pull Table I from the eCFR's own data service and store it with the issue date. Our calculator does the same arithmetic by formula, and a test in our build compares the two on all 684 values. If a single value ever disagrees, the site does not publish. More detail is on the methodology page.

When your decision letter shows a different number

The table gives the schedular result for the ratings VA granted. If your letter shows a lower combined rating, first check which ratings were actually granted and whether the bilateral factor was applied. If the math is right but a rating itself looks too low, you have review options: see what to do after a VA decision you disagree with.

This is the published schedule, not a prediction of any individual decision. VA decides each claim on its own evidence.

Value	10%	20%	30%	40%	50%	60%	70%	80%	90%
19	27	35	43	51	60	68	76	84	92
20	28	36	44	52	60	68	76	84	92
21	29	37	45	53	61	68	76	84	92
22	30	38	45	53	61	69	77	84	92
23	31	38	46	54	62	69	77	85	92
24	32	39	47	54	62	70	77	85	92
25	33	40	48	55	63	70	78	85	93
26	33	41	48	56	63	70	78	85	93
27	34	42	49	56	64	71	78	85	93
28	35	42	50	57	64	71	78	86	93
29	36	43	50	57	65	72	79	86	93
30	37	44	51	58	65	72	79	86	93
31	38	45	52	59	66	72	79	86	93
32	39	46	52	59	66	73	80	86	93
33	40	46	53	60	67	73	80	87	93
34	41	47	54	60	67	74	80	87	93
35	42	48	55	61	68	74	81	87	94
36	42	49	55	62	68	74	81	87	94
37	43	50	56	62	69	75	81	87	94
Value	10%	20%	30%	40%	50%	60%	70%	80%	90%
38	44	50	57	63	69	75	81	88	94
39	45	51	57	63	70	76	82	88	94
40	46	52	58	64	70	76	82	88	94
41	47	53	59	65	71	76	82	88	94
42	48	54	59	65	71	77	83	88	94
43	49	54	60	66	72	77	83	89	94
44	50	55	61	66	72	78	83	89	94
45	51	56	62	67	73	78	84	89	95
46	51	57	62	68	73	78	84	89	95
47	52	58	63	68	74	79	84	89	95
48	53	58	64	69	74	79	84	90	95
49	54	59	64	69	75	80	85	90	95
50	55	60	65	70	75	80	85	90	95
51	56	61	66	71	76	80	85	90	95
52	57	62	66	71	76	81	86	90	95
53	58	62	67	72	77	81	86	91	95
54	59	63	68	72	77	82	86	91	95
55	60	64	69	73	78	82	87	91	96
56	60	65	69	74	78	82	87	91	96
Value	10%	20%	30%	40%	50%	60%	70%	80%	90%
57	61	66	70	74	79	83	87	91	96
58	62	66	71	75	79	83	87	92	96
59	63	67	71	75	80	84	88	92	96
60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96
61	65	69	73	77	81	84	88	92	96
62	66	70	73	77	81	85	89	92	96
63	67	70	74	78	82	85	89	93	96
64	68	71	75	78	82	86	89	93	96
65	69	72	76	79	83	86	90	93	97
66	69	73	76	80	83	86	90	93	97
67	70	74	77	80	84	87	90	93	97
68	71	74	78	81	84	87	90	94	97
69	72	75	78	81	85	88	91	94	97
70	73	76	79	82	85	88	91	94	97
71	74	77	80	83	86	88	91	94	97
72	75	78	80	83	86	89	92	94	97
73	76	78	81	84	87	89	92	95	97
74	77	79	82	84	87	90	92	95	97
75	78	80	83	85	88	90	93	95	98
Value	10%	20%	30%	40%	50%	60%	70%	80%	90%
76	78	81	83	86	88	90	93	95	98
77	79	82	84	86	89	91	93	95	98
78	80	82	85	87	89	91	93	96	98
79	81	83	85	87	90	92	94	96	98
80	82	84	86	88	90	92	94	96	98
81	83	85	87	89	91	92	94	96	98
82	84	86	87	89	91	93	95	96	98
83	85	86	88	90	92	93	95	97	98
84	86	87	89	90	92	94	95	97	98
85	87	88	90	91	93	94	96	97	99
86	87	89	90	92	93	94	96	97	99
87	88	90	91	92	94	95	96	97	99
88	89	90	92	93	94	95	96	98	99
89	90	91	92	93	95	96	97	98	99
90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99
91	92	93	94	95	96	96	97	98	99
92	93	94	94	95	96	97	98	98	99
93	94	94	95	96	97	97	98	99	99
94	95	95	96	96	97	98	98	99	99