---
title: "Line the evidence up against a VA disability rating"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/check-a-dva-permanent-impairment-assessment-against-the-evidence/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A56-P20261018-6-US"
practice_area: "Social Security & Veterans' Entitlements"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Line the evidence up against a VA disability rating

> List each condition in the decision, the percentage the decision states, and the medical evidence that mentions that condition. Do not propose a new percentage.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/check-a-dva-permanent-impairment-assessment-against-the-evidence/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Social Security & Veterans' Entitlements](https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | List each condition in the decision, the percentage the decision states, and the medical evidence that mentions that condition. Do not propose a new percentage. |
| What the lawyer must review | The Department of Veterans Affairs states that a disability rating is expressed as a percentage representing how much the disability decreases overall health and ability to function, and that VA uses the rating to determine the disability compensation rate and how much money is paid each month. You decide whether the percentage should change. Do not apply a combined-ratings formula, a bilateral factor or a schedule of ratings that you have not opened. Formal Opinion 512: the list of evidence is not the advice. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Check a DVA permanent impairment assessment against the evidence](https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/check-a-dva-permanent-impairment-assessment-against-the-evidence.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List each condition in the decision, the percentage the decision states, and the medical evidence that mentions that condition. Do not propose a new percentage.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- The ratings page states what a percentage is. It is not the schedule of ratings. Open the schedule before a percentage is challenged.
- The tool does not propose a new percentage. That conclusion is the lawyer's.

## Sources

- [VA: About disability ratings](https://www.va.gov/disability/about-disability-ratings/) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Veterans' review pathway, time limits and permanent impairment evidence](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/veterans-review-pathway-time-limits.md) | Checklist | Yellow | A checklist of the single review pathway the Department of Veterans' Affairs describes from 21 April 2025, the older time limits on the same page, and the GARP M chapter list for permanent… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*