I don't think people have a clue how bad Tinnitus can be. I was an artillery guy my whole time in the army. my ears suffered almost from the first firing of the weapon. We wore absolutely no protection. We were told to keep our mouths wide open so as not to pop our eardrums from the concussion when firing. I currently get 10% for it. My tinnitus drives me crazy to the point sometimes I wish I were dead especially at night when I TRY to go to sleep. Please keep up the good work.

i was just approved for tinnitus served combat engineers army

You, sir are absolutely correct. As a disabled navy veteran myself, I can attest to the facts you've stated. I'm service connected for tinnitus, and have been diagnosed with hearing loss and provided hearing aids as of last year. I also service connected knees, and was diagnosed with sleep apnea. The VA denied my sleep apnea claim despite the diagnosed and cpap machine. I'm currently filing a PTSD, insomnia and migraine headaches. As a native of Indiana myself I pronounce tinnitus the way as yourself lol. And thanks for the great presentation.

Very nice, than you

I was boiler operator 1978 to 1981 . The noise was extremely loud but the asbestos was unbelievable we worked on it all . Screaming was not uncommon

Please, do not forget us former Morse Code and High Frequency Radio Operators. Trying to listen to dots and dashes or people talking through interference and jamming.

What about the 3” 50cal dual gun mounts on a ship? I also worked on the flight deck for Combat Cargo. I operated printing presses in the print shop for a few years. I’m rated at the max 10% for tinnitus, but I’m interested in secondary claims for insomnia, depression, irritability, among others.

This was just sent to me. Did anyone ever get this ?? We don’t know yet when we’ll be able to make a decision on your claim To decide your claim, we need to complete your in-person claim exam. But we don’t know yet when we’ll be able to schedule your exam. We stopped scheduling in-person claim exams because of COVID-19. Now we’re starting to schedule these exams again in many locations. Find out where we offer in-person exams now.

I just had a hearing test at the VA hospital and am picking up my hearing aids on the 6 of April, they ask if I knew when my tinnitus started and I told them may of 1981 on board the USS Nimitz CVN 68 when two bombs went off on the flight deck and I was right under neath the explosion on the deck below. I haven't seen the results of my test yet, I haven't filled a claim yet but plan on doing so after see the results of the test. I think I would have a valid claim. There's even a video of it on KZfaq but I can't watch it, afraid it might trigger some old memories of what happened on that day.

Does it have to be service connected? Well, according to the VA, it was annotated as non-service connected.

I recently was approved for service-connected tinnitus and hearing loss. 10%. I also suffer from vertigo (had to stop riding my motorcycle) and the doctors couldn't do anything for it. I also have severe sleep apnea and insomnia. Not sure where to go from here.

usaf air police late 60s-70s 38 revolver min 3x a year training m16 3x year, flight line duty, the law enforcement car siren, loud speaker inside radio calls, no ear protection my hearing tinnitus problem started in tech school after first 3 rounds from 38... have 10%.. my tinnitus has gone from crickets to constant hissing around whole head like steam coming out of radiator..nerve wracking in older age.

Can I ask you a question? Along with my Service-connected Tinnitus I was also diagnosed with Severe migraines and Hyperacusis as directly related to my Tinnitus . I will be filing secondary claims for each as I have Nexus letters for both as well. Any advise for me ? Also on the VA form where it asks how to decriibe that your Migraines are connected to my Tinnitus. What should I write? Thank you ,.

I am a Navy Vet. Served shore duty but my squadron deployed off the USS Theodore Roosevelt. When I wasn't in my rack or the shop, I was on the flight deck. My bird was the EA-6B Prowler; just about the loudest bird on the boat. While I was in, we always used our cranials (with the built in Mickey Mouse Ears); we were never given or had access to a second layer of hearing protection like spongies. Want to talk about loudness and hearing loss? Have a documented 35% hearing loss in both ears and the Navy won't acknowledge it. Tinnitus/10% was the only rating they would give me.

I’m service connected for tinnitus, complain all the time to the VA social worker for my PTSD

So I'm at 20% service connected and if I win my tinnitus claim I'm pretty sure that I'll still be at 20% because of VA math.20+10 doesn't equal 30 with the VA rating scale. So what do I expect to get out of this. I'm pretty sure nothing is going to change or should it ?????

I am 10% for tinnitus. Diagnosis of menieres and vertigo which i suffer from daily. But va ent say that menieres is caused by tinnitus and the 2 are not connected. Does that mean i cant file it secondary to tinnitus?

Hello. I love listening to you. Thank you for your service. I have a question. So I have 10% for Tinnitus and after that I filed a new claim for Hearing loss and 2 secondary claims (Migraines & Hyperacusis) at my in person C& P exam for Hearing loss the Doc told me he was ruling I’m my favor for Hearing loss and Hyperacusis. I also had a plethora of paperwork to back it up, Nexus letters and whatnot. A few weeks later I was scheduled for a C& P exam over the telephone for Migraines. When the doc called me she barely asked me any questions and must’ve said 10 times that she needed to finish reading the documents and paperwork I submitted. The whole thing lasted 5 min and at the end she said again that she needs to go thru my paperwork. Is this normal? I will be submitting another secondary claim for Depression and Anxiety very soon. Should I wait until these claims are finished before submitting more ? Thank u for your time.

If been diagnosed already with Tinnitus then why a hearing c and p exam

How do I file a secondary VA claim to Tinnitus? Im service connected with tinnitus and I have 10%. I am planning on adding Migraines and Anxiety.

I just filed for Tinnitus I was a Navy Seabee and suffered from Tinnitus for years. My problem is I have medical evidence from a private doctor but I don't have any evidence to support from when it happened, which was in 1990. I went to my Senior Chief back then and he told me not to report it because they would hold it against me blah blah blah. So I dealt with it for years until I learned from Woods that I can try to claim it. So I haven't even gone for VA Medical exam yet. The VA contacted me and said everything looks good and they will contact me regarding my exam when it's scheduled. Any thoughts ??

how does anosognosia effect my disability rating. anosognosia means you dont believe you have the illness. alcohol and drug users have it, schizophrenics have it. its a common symptom in some serious mental disorders.

I have had to learn to live with it,and it is miserable !

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I was caught in an extremely loud aircraft engine explosion when I was stationed on active duty at Sewart AFB near Nashville in 1966. My appointment with our Flight surgeon warned me about problems with tinnitus in following years which VA in Dallas and Waco have refused to help me. Texas Senator has also refused twice to help me during the past 15+ years. Apparently my military health records where my injury was recorded was destroyed in a noted fire in the 1970 era. I have now spent $15,000 on hearing aids which are finally helping me through this Air Force injury our illustrious government will not recognize or help...

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