General VA Rating Guides — VA Disability Ratings

Educational guides about the VA disability rating system, VA math, bilateral factor, DeLuca factors, and claims strategy.

• VA Math Explained — How Combined Ratings Actually Work
• The Bilateral Factor — Extra Compensation for Paired Disabilities
• DeLuca Factors — Functional Loss and Flare-Ups in VA Ratings
• Buddy Statements — Lay Evidence That Supports Your VA Claim
• Agent Orange Presumptive Conditions — What Veterans Need to Know
• The PACT Act — Expanded Benefits for Toxic-Exposed Veterans
• Fully Developed Claims — Faster Decisions With Complete Evidence
• The General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders — All Mental Health Ratings Explained
• Pulmonary Function Tests — How the VA Rates Breathing Conditions
• How the VA Rates Hearing Loss — Tables VI, VIA, and VII Explained
• METs Testing — How the VA Rates Heart Conditions
• Voiding Dysfunction — How the VA Rates Urinary Conditions