Rating Math

Combined ratings table

VA combined ratings table (Table I)

When you have more than one rating, the VA does not add them. It uses the Combined Ratings Table in 38 CFR 4.25. The full table is below. If you only want the answer for your own ratings, use the calculator.

How to read the table

  1. Put your ratings in order, highest first.
  2. Find the highest rating in the left column and the next rating in the top row. Where they meet is the combined value of the two.
  3. For a third rating, find that combined value in the left column and the third rating in the top row. Keep going until none are left.
  4. At the end, round to the nearest 10. A value ending in 5 rounds up.

60% and 40%: find 60 in the left column and 40 in the top row. They meet at 76. Then 20%: find 76 on the left and 20 on top. They meet at 81, which rounds to 80%.

The left column starts at 19 because the table's own note says 10 combined with 10 is 19. The rule says to carry the value exactly as found in the table into the next step. That is why a calculator that keeps decimals can differ by 10 points in a few cases, as this article explains.

The table

On a phone, swipe the table sideways to see every column.

Combined ratings table. Left column: the combined value so far. Top row: the next rating. Cell: the new combined value.
So far102030405060708090
19273543516068768492
20283644526068768492
21293745536168768492
22303845536169778492
23313846546269778592
24323947546270778592
25334048556370788593
26334148566370788593
27344249566471788593
28354250576471788693
29364350576572798693
30374451586572798693
31384552596672798693
32394652596673808693
33404653606773808793
34414754606774808793
35424855616874818794
36424955626874818794
37435056626975818794
38445057636975818894
39455157637076828894
40465258647076828894
41475359657176828894
42485459657177838894
43495460667277838994
44505561667278838994
45515662677378848995
46515762687378848995
47525863687479848995
48535864697479849095
49545964697580859095
50556065707580859095
51566166717680859095
52576266717681869095
53586267727781869195
54596368727782869195
55606469737882879196
56606569747882879196
57616670747983879196
58626671757983879296
59636771758084889296
60646872768084889296
61656973778184889296
62667073778185899296
63677074788285899396
64687175788286899396
65697276798386909397
66697376808386909397
67707477808487909397
68717478818487909497
69727578818588919497
70737679828588919497
71747780838688919497
72757880838689929497
73767881848789929597
74777982848790929597
75788083858890939598
76788183868890939598
77798284868991939598
78808285878991939698
79818385879092949698
80828486889092949698
81838587899192949698
82848687899193959698
83858688909293959798
84868789909294959798
85878890919394969799
86878990929394969799
87889091929495969799
88899092939495969899
89909192939596979899
90919293949596979899
91929394959696979899
92939494959697989899
93949495969797989999
94959596969798989999

What the table does not cover

Source

38 CFR 4.25, Combined ratings table, retrieved from the electronic Code of Federal Regulations (version as of October 13, 2026). Every cell on this page is also checked against the calculator's arithmetic on each update.