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HELP VETERANS: STOP "VA MATH"

I am starting this petition because I am a retired Gunnery Sergeant from the United States Marine Corps and President Trump has stated that he wants to help veterans. One of the biggest ways he can help us is to stop what is known as "VA math". I am not sure that he or members of Congress are aware of what is known as "VA math", so let me explain. I am a disabled veterans who receives disability compensation at a rating of 80%, however the award for all my disabilities amounts is 120%. However, due to ignorance of how the system works, I only receive compensation for 80%. The way "VA math" works is when a disabled veterans submits a claim they can only be awarded the percentage of what they have left from a 100% rating. An example would be if a veterans had an initial rating of 60% for his/her disabilities, then he/she submitted a new claim and was awarded another 40%, his/her combined rating would not be 100% (60% plus 40%), the new rating would be 80% because "VA math" allows the new rating of 40% to only be applied to the 40% left over from the initial rating. So the veteran would receive 40% of the 40% left which equals 16% rounded up to 20%, the new combined rating would be the initial 60% plus the new rating of 20% to equal 80%. Please tell President Trump and Congress it is time to stop "VA math" and give all disabled veterans the value of their true disability rating so we can finally received the compensation we have earned.