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Navigating VA Tools

Use practical, browser-based tools to better understand VA disability-rating calculations and prepare for VA caregiver-program functional assessments.

Each tool is designed to make a complex VA process easier to follow. Review the underlying steps, identify information that may otherwise be overlooked, and create clearer preparation materials without submitting personal information to Navigating VA.

Browser-based processing
No account required
No case data stored
Step-by-step results

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Select the tool that matches the issue you are reviewing. Each opens as a complete guided application on NavigatingVA.com.

Rating and Compensation

Interactive Calculator

VA Combined Rating Calculator

Enter individual service-connected evaluations, identify potentially bilateral disabilities, and review how VA combined ratings are calculated and rounded.

Combines evaluations in order of severity
Reviews possible bilateral-factor treatment
Checks for the more favorable bilateral result
Shows each calculation step
Provides a printable result

Open Rating Calculator

Veteran-Directed Care

Guided Preparation Tool

VDC Functional Assessment Preparation Tool

Work through the physical, cognitive, behavioral, supervision, and medical-complexity domains commonly considered during a Veteran-Directed Care functional assessment.

Sixteen guided functional-assessment domains
Domain-specific explanations and preparation prompts
Caregiver involvement and safety-risk review
Consistency checks across related responses
Printable functional-needs preparation summary

Open VDC Assessment Tool

PCAFC Caregiver Program

Guided Preparation Tool

PCAFC Veteran Functional Assessment Preparation Tool

Prepare for the PCAFC Veteran Functional Assessment by reviewing daily activities, mobility, caregiver assistance, supervision, protection, instruction, and safety needs.

Part A daily-activity and mobility review
Part B supervision, protection, and instruction guidance
Frequency, assistance, and safety-risk documentation
Medical-record alignment and consistency prompts
Printable functional-needs preparation summary

Open PCAFC Assessment Tool

Privacy by Design

Your entries stay in the browser

Navigating VA tools do not require an account and process entered information within the current browser session. Do not enter names, Social Security numbers, VA claim numbers, addresses, medical-record numbers, or other identifying information.

Independent Educational Tools

Use the results as a reference

Navigating VA tools do not determine legal entitlement, official VA ratings, PCAFC eligibility, VDC participation, official case-mix levels, authorized services, caregiver stipends, or budgets. Confirm results against the official record and applicable authority.