Va Rating Monthly Compensation

The rounded rating is used to determine your monthly disability compensation payment.

Va rating monthly compensation. Find the amount for children under age 18 6100. This is your monthly basic rate. Veterans Compensation Benefits Rate Tables - Effective 12119. Next look at the Added amounts table.

When Did VA Start Awarding Disability Compensation for FSAD. VA special monthly compensation SMC is a higher rate of compensation that we pay to Veterans as well as their spouses surviving spouses and parents with certain needs or disabilities. If youre a Veteran with a 70 disability rating and you have a spouse plus 3 dependent children under the age of 18 you would start with the basic rate of 165671 for a Veteran with a spouse and 1 child. VA makes a determination about the severity of your disability based on the evidence you submit as part of your claim or that VA obtains from your military records.

Special Monthly Compensation VA will automatically award special monthly compensation if your disability qualifies. The idea is that certain disabilities and combinations of disabilities are more debilitating than regular disability compensation rates account for. Veterans with existing conditions that were worsened by service may also receive compensation. If you were a Veteran with a dependent spouse no dependent parents or children and you had an SMC-M designation your monthly basic rate would be 449619 each month.

The Department of Veterans Affairs VA pays special monthly compensation SMC to qualifying veterans with especially serious disabilities or combinations of disabilities. As of 2020 the additional compensation rate for SMC K is 11031 per month. The arthritis and asthma do not qualify for Special Monthly Compensation but since together they equal a 50 rating see the VA Math section to make sure you are adding the ratings together correctlya 30 rating and a 30 rating equal a 50 rating not a 60 the Category L for the feet is pushed up to a Category L ½ an L ½ would move. In September 2017 VA began updating its Schedule for Rating Disabilities.

If you have 2 or more disabilities this may increase your VA disability rating and compensation payment. View current compensation rates that may apply to you if you qualify for special monthly compensation based on the severity of your disability. How VA Calculates Compensation Rates. This is your monthly basic rate.

Importantly SMC K is added to veterans regular amount of monthly compensation. Special monthly compensation rate payment variations Effective December 1 2020. View current disability compensation rates based on disability rating and number of dependents. The actual combined value of your disability ratings is 0 This value is rounded to the nearest 10 to get your VA disability rating.

On the Basic SMC rates table find the amount for your disability rating and SMC letter designation. Find the 2021 special monthly compensation rates that may apply to you. Veterans disability compensation rates. To apply for SMC if you are housebound or required the aid and attendance of someone to perform daily living functions complete VA Form 21-2680 and mail it to your nearest VA regional office.

10 20 30 etc. Special monthly compensation SMC rates. VA disability pay is a tax-free monthly payment from the Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans who obtained an illness or injury during military service. Go to our How to Read Compensation Benefits Rate Tables to learn how to use the table.

Example Veteran with no children. Basic Rates - 10-100 Combined Degree Only Effective 12119. VA rates disability from 0 to 100 in 10 increments eg.