Understanding VA ratings: combined math and what yours should be.
Two 50 percent conditions do not add up to 100. We walk the combined-rating table the way a rater does, so you know your real number in 2026, not the one you are hoping for.
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Ratings & the combined math
How the VA arrives at your number, and why the math rarely matches what you expected.
Why your VA rating might be lower than expected.
Solid medical records, a lower number than you hoped. The documentation gaps and missing daily-impact language that quietly hold a rating down, and how to close them.
ReadRadiculopathy ratings: maximizing the bilateral factor.
Numbness or tingling in both legs from a back condition can raise your rating. How the bilateral factor works, and why so many veterans leave it on the table.
ReadConditions & presumptives
PTSD, the PACT Act, Agent Orange, and the secondary conditions one diagnosis can open up.
How VA rates PTSD: understanding the 0 to 100 percent criteria.
What separates a 30 percent rating from a 70, and the exact daily-impact language the rating schedule rewards. Say it the way the VA needs to hear it.
ReadSecondary conditions linked to PTSD: sleep apnea, depression and more.
One service-connected condition often opens the door to others. The secondaries veterans most often miss, and how each one can raise a combined rating.
ReadPACT Act and hypertension: the presumptive link.
Hypertension is now presumptive for many Agent Orange veterans. What that change means for your claim, your back pay, and the proof you no longer have to gather.
ReadAgent Orange and Vietnam veterans: updated claim guidance.
The current list of presumptive conditions and how to file without re-proving the exposure you already earned. The shortcuts the law now gives you.
ReadEvidence
The documentation a claim is actually won or lost on.
Unlock your claim: how expert nexus letters link illness to service.
The nexus letter is the bridge between your condition and your service. Why a strong one decides so many claims, and what separates a letter that works from one that gets ignored.
ReadNot sure which conditions to file for?
Woobie AI maps your conditions to the evidence each one needs and surfaces the secondaries you may have missed. Free for every veteran.
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What to do when the decision letter misses the mark.
VA appeals and supplemental claims: when your rating is wrong.
A 2026 walkthrough of your options when a decision misses: supplemental claim, higher-level review, or board appeal. How to read the letter and choose the right lane to fix it.
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The more you understand, the harder you are to underrate.
Most veterans accept the first number the VA hands them, because no one ever explained the rules. These guides exist so that never happens to you. Read enough of them and you walk in knowing your real range, not the number you are hoping for.
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The guides teach the rules. Woobie AI puts them to work. In a few minutes it runs the combined-rating tables, maps your conditions to the evidence each one needs, and surfaces the claims you may have missed. Free, for everyone who served.
Combined-rating estimate
VA math is not simple addition. Two conditions at 30 percent do not make 60. Woobie AI runs the combined-rating tables the way a rater does, so you walk in knowing your real range, not the number you are hoping for.
Condition and evidence map
Every condition has records and rating-schedule language behind it. The map matches each one to the exact documentation the VA looks for, so nothing that counts goes in thin or gets left out entirely.
The Discovery tool
Many veterans are underrated because they never filed for everything their service caused. Discovery surfaces the secondary and connected conditions you may have missed, the ones that quietly raise a combined rating.
Knowing the rules is step one. Here is what comes after.
Every one of these veterans came to us with a number that did not match their service. They learned the rules, built the evidence, and stopped accepting the first answer. Read how they turned it around.
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