Editorial Standards

Independence

VA Disability Calculator is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. All rate figures are sourced directly from VA.gov and cross-checked against 38 CFR Part 4 and 38 U.S.C. Chapter 11.

Sourcing & review

• Every monthly compensation figure is copied from VA’s published rate tables, not estimated or interpolated.
• Combined-rating and bilateral-factor logic is tested against 38 CFR § 4.25 Table I and VA’s own worked examples.
• This site does not publish legal, medical, or condition-rating commentary — only a tested software implementation of VA's own published rate tables and combined-rating rules. See Methodology & accuracy for exactly what that means.
• Every page shows when its rate data was last verified.

Primary sources

Every figure on this site traces back to one of these:

• Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, Title 38 — combined-ratings, bilateral-factor, and TDIU rules.
• VA.gov disability compensation rate tables — every monthly dollar figure.
• Social Security Administration COLA announcements — the annual cost-of-living adjustment VA compensation is tied to under 38 U.S.C. § 5312.

Rate tables are re-verified against these sources whenever VA or the SSA publishes an update — see the rates changelog for the dated history.

Corrections

Rate updates and material corrections are logged publicly on the rates changelog. If you find an error, contact us with the page URL and the correction.

Privacy

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