Rating Transition Explorer

How VA disability ratings actually moved on appeal at the Board of Veterans' Appeals, catalogued from tens of thousands of before-and-after rating changes across hundreds of diagnostic codes in published decisions (1992 to 2026). Pick a condition to see its most common before/after pairs. This is reference data, not a prediction of any individual outcome.

Reference data, not a prediction. These are aggregate counts from published Board decisions (contested appeals). They show what the Board has done historically for a diagnostic code, not what will happen with any individual claim.

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How to Read This

  • This data only includes appeals where the Board explicitly stated the before and after rating. Many decisions do not include that detail.
  • Decreases happen when a veteran appeals for an increase but the Board finds the current rating too high.
  • BVA appeals are contested claims. These patterns may differ from initial claim outcomes.
  • All data from publicly available BVA decisions (1992 to 2026), for educational purposes only.

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