Talked to my MSC. VA rated my condition at 10% x 4 for each limb. Will the DoD add my percentages together to equal 40% or just 10%? Trying to decipher what my DoD Rating may be? My MSC hasnt had a condition with 4 affected limbs go to IDES before as referred condition.
Bilateral DoD Percentages
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10% for each limb adds up to 37%, rounded up to 40%.
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10% for each limb adds up to 37%, rounded up to 40%.
Yep! That is a great calculator too. I use that one when I need to do VA math.
Dang I was kind of hoping to get 10% from DoD. Maybe DoD wont add them all up like VA does.
DOD must follow VA ratings and math by law. So whatever your unfitting conditions are plug them into the VA calculator based on the VA rating and that will be your DOD%.
yea but that was my question. My referred condition was rated at 10% but for each limb (4 total). So is the DoD going to give me the 10% or 40%?
Should be 40% total. I don't see how the condition could be separated by limb between fit and unfit though I suppose that would be possible. What does your NARSUM say?
“a partial disability results from disease or injury of both arms, or of both legs, or of paired skeletal muscles, the ratings for the disabilities of the right and left sides will be combined as usual, and 10% of this value will be added before proceeding with further combinations.”
There is a bilateral factor involved as well.
There is a bilateral factor involved as well.
You have to pay back the severance pay. Retirement will give you health benefits for life which is much better than any severance pay.