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Claim Planner

Type in your ratings and family. See your combined rating and estimated monthly pay. Print a one-page plan to bring to an accredited representative.

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1. Your conditions and ratings

Use the rating on your VA decision letter. Leave unused rows blank. Check “Paired” for conditions on both arms, both legs, or paired muscles: enter at least two, such as a rated left knee and a rated right knee.

Condition 1Rating Paired (both arms, legs or muscles)

Condition 2Rating Paired (both arms, legs or muscles)

Condition 3Rating Paired (both arms, legs or muscles)

Condition 4Rating Paired (both arms, legs or muscles)

Condition 5Rating Paired (both arms, legs or muscles)

Condition 6Rating Paired (both arms, legs or muscles)

Condition 7Rating Paired (both arms, legs or muscles)

Condition 8Rating Paired (both arms, legs or muscles)

2. Your family

VA pays extra for dependents starting at 30%.

Spouse Spouse receives Aid and Attendance Dependent parents Children under 18 Children 18-23 in school

3. Notes for your representative

Questions to ask, conditions you think may be missing, dates to remember. Do not include ID numbers.

Your one-page plan

Combined VA rating0%

Estimated monthly pay (tax-free)$0.00

Your conditions

Add a rating above to see it here.

How the rating was combined

VA does not add ratings. Add a rating above to see the steps.

Your family

How the pay was figured

What to do next

Bring this page to a Veterans Service Organization or VA accredited representative. VA says VSO help with benefit claims is always free: VA: Get help from an accredited representative.
Gather your evidence and forms with the printable checklist: Prepare Your VA Claim.
Check VA’s current rates before you rely on any dollar amount: VA disability pay rates.

This is an estimate for planning, not a VA decision, and not legal or tax advice. It leaves out Special Monthly Compensation, offsets such as severance pay or military retired pay, clothing allowance, individual unemployability and any other benefit. It uses VA’s rates effective December 1, 2025 and does not see your decision letter. VA decides your claim. Prepared at vsgsolutions.org/claim-planner on . Nothing was saved.

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Sources

VA: Current Veterans disability compensation rates (effective December 1, 2025)
38 CFR 4.25, combined ratings table and 38 CFR 4.26, bilateral factor
How the math works, with examples: Combined rating math. Same rules and rates as the free Excel calculator.

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1. Your conditions and ratings

2. Your family

3. Notes for your representative

Your one-page plan

Your conditions

How the rating was combined

Your family

How the pay was figured

Your notes

What to do next