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Posted: 2/1/2015 3:55:47 PM EDT
[#1]
Tag, and good fucking luck.
The Navy essentially told me to take a hike even though I had serious, documented hearing loss at the time of my EAS. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 3:56:37 PM EDT
[#2]
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Tag, and good fucking luck. The Navy essentially told me to take a hike even though I had serious, documented hearing loss at the time of my EAS. This. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 3:57:52 PM EDT
[#3]
Tag for interest as well. Mine comes from flightline noise and working the range.
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Posted: 2/1/2015 3:58:22 PM EDT
[#4]
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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Posted: 2/1/2015 3:58:43 PM EDT
[#5]
I got a 10% rating for it. I'm fairly lucky, as my tinnitus is intermittent, and isn't always there. It still strikes me as odd that tinnitus, which they didn't examine for at all, got rated, while my hearing loss, which is pronounced and was clearly attested to by the audiologist they sent me to, was not.
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Posted: 2/1/2015 3:59:21 PM EDT
[#6]
Quote HistoryQuoted: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 3:59:31 PM EDT
[#7]
Quote HistoryQuoted: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE  |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 3:59:41 PM EDT
[#8]
0% rating for it back in 1975
They'd let me borrow a hearing aid but when I die my widow has to return it to them. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 3:59:48 PM EDT
[#9]
Tinnitus is a 10% disability.
If you're a combat vet and say the magic words, you'll get SC virtually automatically. I'm SC for it.
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:00:31 PM EDT
[#10]
9 months and waiting to see if the VA will get off their collective ass about service-connected hearing loss .
Mine is not combat-related, just loud equipment blowers and an occasional jet engine. Oh yes and the obligatory: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:00:41 PM EDT
[#11]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Tag, and good fucking luck. The Navy essentially told me to take a hike even though I had serious, documented hearing loss at the time of my EAS. This. this id have 40% (total) if i went after it ... but was basically told i was a lying piece of shit at the VA hospital during my screening by a muslim doctor 3 months after me EAS (4 months after coming home) fuck them and the VA .. with a dirty fucking horse dick covered in peanut laden shit .. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:00:42 PM EDT
[#12]
File a disability claim through your vfw. It's pretty much an instant 10 percent of you were around loud things. Easy.
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:01:20 PM EDT
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted: A fan is my friend when I am trying to get to sleep. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I like to sleep with a dehumidifier, if I can get away with it. If I go to bed other than dog tired, I can't sleep without some ambient noise in the background. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:03:22 PM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: File a disability claim through your vfw. It's pretty much an instant 10 percent of you were around loud things. Easy. what the shelf life? don't they tell you to suck a dick if you go back after a certain time has elapsed? |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:04:02 PM EDT
[#15]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I like to sleep with a dehumidifier, if I can get away with it. If I go to bed other than dog tired, I can't sleep without some ambient noise in the background. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:04:24 PM EDT
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 0% rating for it back in 1975 They'd let me borrow a hearing aid but when I die my widow has to return it to them. Not by the VA. It's been in the Rating Schedule since 1945 and has always been 10%. Your understanding of your rating not correct. If they did rate you SC 0% then you need to file for "Clear and Unmistakable Error" and get a retroactive check for 10 percent back to 1975. I'm guessing that'd be about $50K if you're not SC for other stuff.
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:04:37 PM EDT
[#17]
What is SC?
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:05:17 PM EDT
[#18]
For everyone still in, document, document, document.
WEAR YOUR EARPRO!!! I used to hate wearing it, but now EEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:05:47 PM EDT
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: File a disability claim through your vfw. It's pretty much an instant 10 percent of you were around loud things. Easy. what the shelf life? don't they tell you to suck a dick if you go back after a certain time has elapsed? If you are a combat vet, it is consistent with the rigors of combat service and they have to take your word for it's incurrence. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:06:34 PM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What is SC? Service connected.
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:07:48 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: what the shelf life? don't they tell you to suck a dick if you go back after a certain time has elapsed? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: File a disability claim through your vfw. It's pretty much an instant 10 percent of you were around loud things. Easy. what the shelf life? don't they tell you to suck a dick if you go back after a certain time has elapsed? If you are a combat vet, it is consistent with the rigors of combat service and they have to take your word for it's incurrence. the weirdest part.. my VA Id card has printed under my picture , Service connected disability.... |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:08:49 PM EDT
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: For everyone still in with, document, document, document. WEAR YOUR EARPRO!!! I used to hate wearing it, but now EEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. But yeah, document. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:10:01 PM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: File a disability claim through your vfw. It's pretty much an instant 10 percent of you were around loud things. Easy. what the shelf life? don't they tell you to suck a dick if you go back after a certain time has elapsed? If you are a combat vet, it is consistent with the rigors of combat service and they have to take your word for it's incurrence. the weirdest part.. my VA Id card has printed under my picture , Service connected disability.... Get a copy of your rating. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:10:52 PM EDT
[#24]
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Buy a cheap box fan. Wear a foam roll up earplug when you go out. EEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEE If you are like me you won't get squat from the VA. My claim took two years to go through. Documented hearing loss, documented back injury, both denied. Currently on appeal. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee I filed my claim in 2011, guess I'll sleep next to a box fan and eat ibuprofen until my stomach rots out until something changes. Good luck OP. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:13:49 PM EDT
[#25]
thanks dumbass
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:13:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Buy a cheap box fan. Wear a foam roll up earplug when you go out. EEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEE If you are like me you won't get squat from the VA. My claim took two years to go through. Documented hearing loss, documented back injury, both denied. Currently on appeal. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee I filed my claim in 2011, guess I'll sleep next to a box fan and eat ibuprofen until my stomach rots out until something changes. Good luck OP. There's hearing loss and then there's hearing loss for VA purposes. From memory (haven't rated a case since I left VA in 07) If it's over 4000mhz or under 500mhz, even if it's hearing loss, it's not hearing loss per the reg. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:14:07 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: what the shelf life? don't they tell you to suck a dick if you go back after a certain time has elapsed? If you are a combat vet, it is consistent with the rigors of combat service and they have to take your word for it's incurrence. the weirdest part.. my VA Id card has printed under my picture , Service connected disability.... Get a copy of your rating. how do i do that? |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:16:33 PM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: If you are a combat vet, it is consistent with the rigors of combat service and they have to take your word for it's incurrence. the weirdest part.. my VA Id card has printed under my picture , Service connected disability.... Get a copy of your rating. how do i do that? Request it in writing from the Regional Office where you are. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:21:17 PM EDT
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My EAS was 2008 and I have the 10% and a combined 50% overall. The fact that I couldn't have associated SC with "service connected" is just further proof that I'm losing my ability to remeber the simplest shit. Very depressing.
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:27:42 PM EDT
[#30]
The army I was in had no earpro or earplugs.
What a bunch of pussies. 
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:29:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The army I was in had no earpro or earplugs. What a bunch of pussies. You didn't have FBCB2 either. But would you suggest giving it up now?
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:30:31 PM EDT
[#32]
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The army I was in had no earpro or earplugs. What a bunch of pussies. Cigarette butts worked in a pinch for us.
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:31:30 PM EDT
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Anyone get a tinnitus disability from the service? Yes, that's in my package along with my legs and back. If you go to the DAV they'll review your medical record for free prior to your retirement physical. I pointed out in my record those things the DAV found and the VA accepted all of them. Even if you just get 0% from it it can mean tens of thousands of dollars. Here if you are 0% or more disabled your kids get free tuition at the state's universities. I have a line of parents wanting me to adopt their high school aged children. 
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:32:51 PM EDT
[#34]
A few years back I worked with a Vietnam Vet who as an artillery guy.
He always thought it was funny that the VA would pay for his hearing aid batteries, but never the hearing aid. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:34:41 PM EDT
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this id have 40% (total) if i went after it ... but was basically told i was a lying piece of shit at the VA hospital during my screening by a muslim doctor 3 months after me EAS (4 months after coming home) fuck them and the VA .. with a dirty fucking horse dick covered in peanut laden shit .. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Tag, and good fucking luck. The Navy essentially told me to take a hike even though I had serious, documented hearing loss at the time of my EAS. This. this id have 40% (total) if i went after it ... but was basically told i was a lying piece of shit at the VA hospital during my screening by a muslim doctor 3 months after me EAS (4 months after coming home) fuck them and the VA .. with a dirty fucking horse dick covered in peanut laden shit .. I once made the mistake of talking to the VA about my concerns of mental well being and was told the same thing...."just fuck off and die." But, its the VA, what do you expect, its all government bullshit. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:39:13 PM EDT
[#36]
Its as close to automatic as it can be.
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:42:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
what the shelf life? don't they tell you to suck a dick if you go back after a certain time has elapsed? If you are a combat vet, it is consistent with the rigors of combat service and they have to take your word for it's incurrence. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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File a disability claim through your vfw. It's pretty much an instant 10 percent of you were around loud things. Easy. If you are a combat vet, it is consistent with the rigors of combat service and they have to take your word for it's incurrence. And if not a combat vet, very possibly in line with your job as well, which also comes into play. The threshold for tinnitus is very low. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:44:27 PM EDT
[#38]
So if it shows up 10 years later you should file? I was in armor and have tinnitus 24/7
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:44:40 PM EDT
[#39]
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Not by the VA. It's been in the Rating Schedule since 1945 and has always been 10%. Your understanding of your rating not correct. If they did rate you SC 0% then you need to file for "Clear and Unmistakable Error" and get a retroactive check for 10 percent back to 1975. I'm guessing that'd be about $50K if you're not SC for other stuff. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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0% rating for it back in 1975 They'd let me borrow a hearing aid but when I die my widow has to return it to them. Not by the VA. It's been in the Rating Schedule since 1945 and has always been 10%. Your understanding of your rating not correct. If they did rate you SC 0% then you need to file for "Clear and Unmistakable Error" and get a retroactive check for 10 percent back to 1975. I'm guessing that'd be about $50K if you're not SC for other stuff. Serious they gave me 0% for combat hearing loss & tinnitus I am service connected for other stuff. And the hearing people at Zablocki told me they would "lend" me a hearing aid but my widow would have to return it to them after I died. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:45:07 PM EDT
[#40]
I got out in 84, and have had zero contact with the mil since then. Will they look back to a previously un-acknowledged injury and rule, or is it dust in the wind?
How would one go about it? |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:46:03 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: And if not a combat vet, very possibly in line with your job as well, which also comes into play. The threshold for tinnitus is very low. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: File a disability claim through your vfw. It's pretty much an instant 10 percent of you were around loud things. Easy. If you are a combat vet, it is consistent with the rigors of combat service and they have to take your word for it's incurrence. And if not a combat vet, very possibly in line with your job as well, which also comes into play. The threshold for tinnitus is very low. just thinking of dealing with the VA again gives me anxiety ... fuck it .. its not worth the $40 a month
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:46:12 PM EDT
[#42]
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Tinnitus is a 10% disability. If you're a combat vet and say the magic words, you'll get SC virtually automatically. I'm SC for it. this tinnitus is 10% BUT you can claim a secondary claim due to it and get it jacked up. I.E. Because of my tinnitus I have sleep issues or because of my tinnitus I have problems concentrating or because of it I get headaches etc etc. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:46:43 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Serious they gave me 0% for combat hearing loss & tinnitus I am service connected for other stuff. And the hearing people at Zablocki told me they would "lend" me a hearing aid but my widow would have to return it to them after I died. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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0% rating for it back in 1975 They'd let me borrow a hearing aid but when I die my widow has to return it to them. Not by the VA. It's been in the Rating Schedule since 1945 and has always been 10%. Your understanding of your rating not correct. If they did rate you SC 0% then you need to file for "Clear and Unmistakable Error" and get a retroactive check for 10 percent back to 1975. I'm guessing that'd be about $50K if you're not SC for other stuff. Serious they gave me 0% for combat hearing loss & tinnitus I am service connected for other stuff. And the hearing people at Zablocki told me they would "lend" me a hearing aid but my widow would have to return it to them after I died. I'd like to see your rating. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:48:32 PM EDT
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I got out in 84, and have had zero contact with the mil since then. Will they look back to a previously un-acknowledged injury and rule, or is it dust in the wind? How would one go about it? Get online to ebenefits and file a claim. Get a POA (I recommend a GOOD one) and have them do it. Go to your local office and do it. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:51:55 PM EDT
[#45]
I lost hearing when I was in. VA told me tough luck back in 95, never went back.
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:52:50 PM EDT
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I lost hearing when I was in. VA told me tough luck back in 95, never went back. Hearing loss is generally tough luck. Tinnitus is a different animal. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:54:33 PM EDT
[#47]
Tinnitus sucks, but it is not a disability.
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:56:41 PM EDT
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I just started taking something called Vinpocetine for mine (because of a thread I read here) and I really hope it works. You guys might want to read up on it. It's cheap and it apparently works for some people.
For some reason mine has gotten really loud in the last month. 
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Posted: 2/1/2015 4:57:54 PM EDT
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thanks dumbass Ditto. 
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Posted: 2/1/2015 5:00:11 PM EDT
[#50]
Once you have it, live with it. Nothing you can do about tinnitus. There are pills you can take that essentially clear up the estachian tube...but thats about it. There's no cure.
Once you fuck your hearing, that's it. It's fucked. That's why your company's safety guy comes around and tells you to put your plugs in. Those that think its dumb or that their too tough to do it are the ones that are kicking themselves in the ass suffering with hearing loss later in life. Fucking stupid. Really fucking stupid. Lawnmowers, power tools, boats, motorcycles...it will all ruin your hearing if you're not protecting yourself.
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